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“ Then came the jolly summer , being dig/it 
In a thin silken cassock colour'd green." 

— Spenser. 


Summer Saunterings 


BY THE 


B.*L. 


A' GUIDE TO PLEASANT PLACES AMONG THE MOUNTAINS, 
LAKES AND VALLEYS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
VERMONT AND CANADA. 


EDITION FOR 188 6. 


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Tickets for Tours described herein are obtainable at the 
Company’s Ticket Offices: 

218 Washington Street, Boston, / , 0 n nu/ „ 

’ ( L. 5. DOW, PASSENGER AND FREIGHT AGENT. 
THREE DOORS SOUTH OF OLD STATE HOUSE, ) ' 

Passenger Station, Boston, on Causeway Street, / D T 

’ ’ ’ N. B. DANA, Ticket Agent. 

OPPOSITE PORTLAND STREET, ) ’ 

85 Washington Street, Salem, CHAS. ODELL, ticket agent. 

Passenger Station, Lawrence, on Essex Street, C. R. CASWELL, agent. 
Passenger Station, Lowell, on Middlesex Street, A. Y. CASWELL, ticket agent. 


-ALSO AT THE- 


Frincipa! Ticket Offices of the Pennsylvania R.R., and the Philadelphia & Reading R R., 
south and west of New York; at the New York Offices of the Fall River, Norwich, 
Stonington, and Providence Lines; at the Agencies of Thomas Cook 8c Son, 

261 Broadway, New York, and 197 Washington Street, Boston; and at 
the principal New England Ticket Offices. 



BOSTON & LOWELL RAILROAD. 


RAND AVERY SUPPLY CO., BOSTON. 



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Boston & Lowell Railroad 


EDWIN MOREY - 
C. S. MELLEN - - 

C. E. A. BARTLETT 

H. N. TURNER - - 

LUCIUS TUTTLE - 
A. A. STROUT - - 

W. F. SIMONS - - 

GEO. E. TODD - - 

W. A. STOWELL - 
E. F. MANN - - - 

A. B. JEWETT - - 

D. C. PRESCOTT - 

G. W. STORER - - 

B. F. KENDRICK - 

W. R. BRACKETT - 
J. K. TAYLOR - - 

G. M. TOMPSON - 
GEO. E. SHEPARD - 

E. SANDS - - - - 


OFFICIAL STAFF. 


- - President, Boston. 

General Superintendent, Boston. 

- - Treasurer, Boston. 

- - General Freight Agent, Boston. 

- - General Passenger Agent, Boston. 

- - Counsel, Boston. 

- - Superintendent Southern Division, Boston. 

- - Superintendent Northern Division, Concord, N.H. 

- - Supt. White Mountains Division, Woodsville, N.H. 

- - Asst. Supt. White Mts. and Vt. Divs., Woodsville, N.H. 

- - Superintendent Vermont Division, St. Johnsbury, Vt. 

- - Assistant General Freight Agent, Boston. 

- - Assistant General Passenger Agent, Boston. 

- - Auditor, Boston. 

- - General Baggage Agent, Boston. 

- Superintendent Motive Power, Boston. 

- - Chief Engineer, Boston. 

- - Purchasing Agent, Boston. 

- - Travelling Passenger Agent, Boston. 


GENERAL OFFICES IN PASSENGER STATION, CAUSEWAY STREET, BOSTON. 







ILLUSTRATIONS 


Agassiz Basin.Frontispiece. 

PAGE 

Boston Station.10 

Old Powder House.12 

Tyngsboro’ Curve.14 

Hooksett Falls .18 

Lower Falls of Ammonoosuc.20 

Lake Sunapee.23 

Sunapee Harbor.25 

Webster Lake.28 

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Ox Bow, near Haverhill.31 

Hotel Ponemah.60 

Conant Hall.G2 

Dublin Pond.64 

The Weirs.72 

Ossipee Mountain Park.• . . .75 

Lake View—Sunapee ..78 

Newfound Lake.81 

Old Man of the Mountains.84 

Profile Stage Road.87 

Profile House.89 

The Flume.91 

Forest Hills.94 



















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Sugar Hill.96 

The Maplewood.98 

Twin Mountain House.100 

Fabyan House.' . 102 

Mount Washington Railway.104 

Lancaster House.106 

Mount Pleasant House.110 

Crawford House.112 

Sinclair House.138 

Mount Monadnock . . . ..141 

Franconia Notch.142 

Livermore Falls.145 

Pemigewasset House.149 


Map of B. & L. System 
Map of Lake Winnipesaukee . 
Map of Lake Sunapee t 
Map of Pemigewasset Valley 
Map of Littleton . 

Map of Franconia . 

Map of Bethlehem 
Map of Jefferson 


Inside front cover. 

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77 
. 154 

• . . 155 

. 156 

157 
. 158 


For General Index, see page 172. 
















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The original main line of the Boston & Lowell Railroad was only 
twenty-six miles in length; and for many years it remained “little 
among the thousands” of great railway lines. Now that it has 
widely reached out, and, by purchase, lease and business contract, 
secured the management or traffic of many connecting and tributary 
roads, so that it has become the largest railroad system in New 
England, it is interesting to recall the fact that, as it was the first 
railroad chartered in New England for passenger transportation, so it 
was the first to be completed and operated its entire length, and it was 
the third or fourth in the United States. 

In 1821, what is now the city of Lowell was a straggling village of 
twelve houses; some time previous a canal had been dug around Paw¬ 
tucket Falls, on the Merrimack River, for purposes of navigation. In 

1822, an organization was effected under the name of “ The Locks and 
Canal Co.” on the Merrimack River, to utilize the water power for 
manufacturing purposes, and the first wheel was set in motion Sept. 1, 

1823. The facilities for the transportation of raw material to, and 
manufactured goods from, the place, were the river from Newburyport 
via Haverhill, the Middlesex Canal from Boston, and the highways; the 
latter being sandy in summer, muddy in spring and early winter, and 
often blockaded with snow in mid-winter. In 1829, Messrs. William 
Appleton, Patrick T. Jackson and Kirk Boott, of Boston, with other 
far-seeing men of the owners and managers of water power and mills 
located at Lowell, were convinced that there must be greater trans¬ 
portation facilities for the proper development of their investments; 
for already on an average as many as twenty-four tons of freight passed 
daily between the manufacturing village and the then young city of 
Boston, and “ six stage-coaches, drawn by four and six horses each,” 
conveyed “ from 100 to 120 passengers daily from one town to the 






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other.” This is a small amount of freight and number of passengers 
to us, but for that day indicates that great business activity had begun 
in eastern Massachusetts. It was evident that something must be done 
speedily, and certain enterprises in England and other parts of this 
country attracted their attention and directed their efforts. 

In 1827, a road three miles in length, with rails of w'ood covered with 
iron, was opened from the Quincy granite quarries to the Neponset 
River, and successfully used with horse-propelling power. This same 
year another similar road, nine miles in length, was opened among the 
coal mines of the Lehigh region in Pennsylvania; and, in 1829, the Del¬ 
aware & Hudson Canal Co. constructed a third railroad. All of these 
were operated either by gravity, animals, or stationary steam engines, 
and were for freight transportation only. The latter company, hearing 
of the success of Stephenson in moving loads of coal in England on a 
railroad, sent an agent there,who purchased a locomotive steam engine 
named the “Stourbridge Lion,” which was tested on their road at 
Honesdale, Penn., August 8, 1829, “ which was, without a shadow of 
doubt, the day the first locomotive turned a driving wheel upon a road 
on the American continent.” 

The Massachusetts Legislature of 1829 had ordered a survey, at State 
expense, to ascertain the practicability of a railroad between Boston 
and Lowell. It was made by Mr. James Haywood, and his report 
transmitted to the Legislature by Gov. Levi Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1830. 
The previous October, Stephenson had made his successful experiment 
with a locomotive steam engine on the Manchester & Liverpool Rail¬ 
road. All these movements had been closely watched by those inter¬ 
ested in the Lowell “Locks and Canal Co.,” and on Jan. 18, 1830, Patrick 
T. Jackson, Esq., requested Kirk Boott, Esq., agent, to call a meeting 
of the directors, by whom he hoped a meeting of the “proprietors” 
would be called, and he states that his “ object is to draw the attention 
of the proprietors of that stock to the project for building a railroad 
from this place (Boston) to Lowell.” The directors’ meeting was the 
22d and the proprietors the 27th of January, at the house of Mr. Jackson, 
No. 22 Winter Street, Boston, when the first step was taken for the or¬ 
ganization of a company to build the Boston & Lowell Railroad. The 
project was strenuously opposed by the owners of the Middlesex Canal, 
but the Legislature of that year granted a charter, giving the company 
the exclusive right to railroad transportation between Boston and 
Lowell for thirty years, which rights the courts afterwards sustained 
them in asserting. The road was so well located and built that there is 
no grade over ten feet to the mile, except at the overhead crossing of the 
Fitchburg Railroad in Somerville, and all the curves are wide and easy. 

A copy of “ The Merchants’ and Traders’ Guide and Strangers’ 
Memorandum Book for the year of our Lord 1836,” says : “ This road 
was opened for public accommodation on the 24th of June, 1835, [the 
Providence road was opened June 11th, and the Worcester, July 4th, of 
the same year,] and its cost thus far exceeds $1,000,000. The road is 




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built with a single track, and is constructed of the iron edge-rail, sup¬ 
ported by cast-iron chairs on stone blocks and stone sleepers, resting 
on stone foundation walls. A second track is commenced and laid 
about five miles.” This second track was not so expensively laid with 
stone foundation walls, as it was found that the frost would not heave 
the sleepers so much as was feared. All of the stone blocks and stone 
sleepers have now been removed, being replaced with wood; but many 
of them may yet be seen lying by the railroad side between Boston and 
Lowell. The rails were not of the now universal “T ” pattern, but what 
were called “ fish bellies,” because they were wider perpendicularly in 
the middle than the ends where they rested on the chairs; they were 
of iron and weighed only 35 pounds to the yard and broke easily. The 
first locomotive used on the road was built in England and named 
the “Stephenson,” and, among other peculiarities, had the plates on 
the side of her fire-box welded instead of riveted. The first passenger 
car was an open one; covers were soon provided, above which was a 
chaise-top for the conductor, who was the lookout, and carried a sil¬ 
ver whistle to blow as a signal, which however could hardly be heard 
when the train was in motion, on account of the force of the wind. 
The engines had no cabs, and the engineer and fireman were exposed to 
all the extremes of weather. 

“ The Merchants’ and Traders’ Guide,” before quoted, also contains 
the following interesting notice in connection with the above : “Before 
the starting of the cars, stages leave Nos. 9 and XI Elm Street, and City 
Tavern, Brattle Street, and call at almost any part of the city for passen¬ 
gers, and take them to the depot free of charge. Arrangements have 
not yet been made, though they are in progress, for the conveyance of 
merchandise, but there is a private car attached to the train for the 
purpose of conveying small quantities of merchandise.” Probably this 
was the forerunner of the modern express companies’ cars;. 

The Boston terminus was then at the foot of Lowell Street, where the 
freight-house now is. In 1857, the present site of the station on Cause¬ 
way Street was occupied, and the present costly and commodious depot, 
700 feet long, having a frontage of 205 feet, with a train-house having 
an arch with a clear span of 120 feet without any central support, was 
occupied in 1874. The spot upon which it stands is made land, and the 
Blackstone Canal which formerly crossed Boston along the line of "the 
street of that name, intersected Causeway Street near this point, that 
street being originally what its name implies, a causeway with water 
on either side. The writer’s father has told him he had often seen 
vessel’s jib-booms extending over that street, the water allowing them 
to be moored by its side. 

A SIGNIFICANT FACT. 

The Boston and Lowell is now a double-track road as far as Nashua, 
(and the Concord Railroad, constituting a part of the through line, is 
double-tracked to Concord,) and, including all its branches and leased 
lines, is in the best possible condition as regards the road-bed, bridges, 



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crossings, switches and signals, and is thoroughly equipped in all 
respects, with elegant coaches haying every appliance for comfort and 
safety; its locomotives are of the best and most powerful pattern; its 
engineers, conductors and train-men intelligent and efficient men, who 
have grown up with the road; while the management is both progres¬ 
sive and careful; all of which accounts for the significant fact that 
on “the old Boston and Lowell road” no passenger has ever been 

FATALLY INJURED WHILE INSIDE ITS CARS. 


BOSTON STATION. 

It is the aim of the management to have this continue true in the 
future, while they shall also continue to supply close connections and 
quick transit to all points to be reached by its system of roads. 












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CHAPTER II. 

“ Our sea-like lakes and mountains 
Piled to the clouds,— our rivers overhung 
By forests which have known no other change 
For ages, than the budding and the fall 
Of leaves, — our valleys lovlier than those 
Which the old poets sang of.” 

— Whittier. 


Every traveller by this line will be 
impressed, as he enters the rotunda of 
the Causeway Street station in Boston, 
with a sense of its roominess and the 
completeness of all its appointments, 
including an excellent caf6; and, as he 
proceeds to the long and high clear-arched train-house, with its wide, 
well-lighted platforms, he will find his train composed of the most 
convenient and comfortable coaches; and soon, with ticket purchased, 
baggage properly checked, bundles bestowed, and a copy of “ Summer 
Saunterings by the B. &L.” in hand, he is ready to start for the country, 
mountains or lakes. 

As the long train rolls out of the station, the Charles River, asso¬ 
ciated with thoughts of Longfellow, Cambridge University and college 
regattas, is soon crossed. It was at some other point than this that 
the above-named poet sang of it, 


“River! that in silence windest 

Through the meadows bright and free. 
* * * * l love thee, 

Nor because thy waves of blue 
From celestial seas above thee 
Take their own celestial hue." 


As the drawbridge is crossed, on either side of which an abundance 
of shipping is waiting its turn to go up or down the river, the look of 





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the current does not remind one of the poetic images of the bard; but 
does remind us of the fact that the harbor and the Charles nearly sur¬ 
round what Ralph Waldo Emerson fondly calls — 

"Thou darling town of ours,” 

and leads him to say in other expressive and suggestive words — 

“ The rocky nook with hill-tops three 
Looked eastward from the farms, 

And twice each day the flowing sea 
Took Boston in its arms.” 

In another moment the train is passing into East Cambridge, where is 
located one of the Middlesex County court houses and jails. As the 
train rounds a slight curve, looking to the left backwards, a pleasant 
view is caught of the much be-praised Boston, of which her versifying 
son Holmes has written, 

"And, sun like, from .her Beacon-height 

The dome-crowned city spreads her rays; 

* * * * * 

Peace, Freedom, Wealth! no fairer view, 

Though with the wild-bird’s restless wings 

We sailed beneath the noon-tide’s blue 

Or chased the moonlight’s endless rings.” 

Sweeping through the region of sugar refineries and manufactories and 
up the grade to cross over the■ Fitchburg Railroad, a look to the right 
gives a clear view of Charlestown and Bunker Hill with its historic 
monument, and close at hand the McLean Insane Asylum. How the 
line passes through the suburban villages comprising the city of Som¬ 
erville. Between Winter Hill and College Hill is Powder House Hill, 

on the left, Where may be seen a 
round wind-mill tower of brick 
which has a history. Originally a 
mill for grinding corn, tradition 
says it was the trysting place of 
two lovers, who were pursued by 
the maiden’s irate father. She 
took refuge in the loft, standing 
on the trap-door, he on the mill¬ 
stones, when she pulled the rope 
which set the fans in motion and 
started the machinery, by which 
the father was so maimed thatM tf" 
caused his death. Superstition led 
to its abandonment as a mill and subsequently it was used for a powder 
house, such as every town was required to possess for the storage of 
ammunition against time of public danger. It was in such use in 1775, 
and upon rumor that the British intended its capture, a part was re¬ 
moved to Concord, and the enemy secured the remainder; so that in 
the Concord and Lexington fight, April 19, 1775, both parties used 
powder from the stock originally stored in this powder house. Just 






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beyond on the left is College Hill, crowned by the imposing buildings 
of Tufts College, which is under the especial patronage of the TJniver- 
salists. When the numerous trees are grown it will be one of the 
finest college sites in the country: - ™ 

At Somerville, about three miles from Boston, the Middlesex Central 
Branch diverges to the left, leading through many attractive villages, 
where elegant and cosy residences abound, to Arlington (formerly 
West Cambridge), Lexington and Concord; thence past the Massachu¬ 
setts Reformatory Prison, through Acton, Westford and Dunstable, 
making connection again with the main iine at Nashua. There are few 
railroads in the country of equal length which pass so many grandly 
historic localities. Prom puritan and patriotic Boston; past Bunker 
Hill, in plain view; Cambridge, Washington’s headquarters; Charles¬ 
town Neck, between Charlestown and Somerville, over which the 
patriots retreated after the Bunker Hill fight; Powder House Hill, in 
Medford; Lexington, where 

“ Slowly the mist o’er the meadow was creeping, 

Bright on the dewy buds glistened the sun, ■ * I 

When from his couch, while his ehildrep were sleeping, : 2 

Rose the bold rebel and shouldered his gun,” " 

and went forth to hear the first volley fired, and see the first blood shed, 
in the Revolutionary war; and Concord, where, according to Emerson, 

“ By the rude bridge that arched the flood, 

Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, 

Here once the embattled farmers stood, I 

And fired the shbt heard’round the worldA 
and as Lowell says— 

Here English Law and English thought 
’Gainst the self-will of England fought; 

And here were men (co-equal with their fate), 

Who did great things, unconscious they were great. 

They dreamed not What a die was cast 
With that first answering shot.” 

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Here the British were successfully withstood, and from here turned 
back for thal harassing, and to many of them fatal, march over the 
road they had so confidently traversed in the morning. 

At West Medford a unique*.station building may be seen on the left. 
Its thick walls are built of stones contributed by residents and others, 
and which have come from all the quarters of the world: from Europe, 
, % Asja, Africa, South America, the islands of the sea, and the sea-bottom, 
there being corals from the Pacific, and a good-sized piece of ragged 
boulder-stone from the Devil’s Bridge, Gay Head, on which occurred 
the sad wreck of the “City of Columbus.” There are stones small and 
great, rough and smooth, of all colors and values, from a rare speci¬ 
men to a rough moss-covered pasture stone. 

On the right are Middlesex Pells, a wooded section which it is pro¬ 
posed to make into a great park and preserve in its natural state. On 
the left, Mystic Pond is soon passed, from which Charlestown, Chelsea 
and East Boston have fresh water; then Winchester, the place of 


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elegant country homes and a few manufactories. At this point the 
main line divides. The old route was to the right; the new loop-line 
diverges to the left, and passes directly through Woburn Centre and 
North Woburn village to Wilmington, where it again unites with the 
old line. From Winchester to Woburn there was formerly a single 
track branch two miles in length. The new line is double-tracked, and 
over it pass many of the through passenger trains; thus bringing one 
of the oldest, richest and most thriving towns of “ Old Middlesex” on 
to a main thoroughfare. Originally Woburn was called Charlestown 
Village, and the first house was built in 1641, just a little west of what 
is now Winchester, on the bank of the Aberjona River, and occupied 
by Edward Converse and his successors for many years. Edward 
Johnson, one of the first grantees, who was a prominent citizen of 
the Colony, and one of the commissioners who discovered Winnipe- 
saukee, the source of the Merrimack, tells in his rare and valuable 
book, called “Wonder Working Providence of Zion’s Saviour in New 
England,” of the organization of the present First Congregational 
church in 1642, the ordination of Mr. Thomas Carter as pastor, and the 
incorporation of the town the same year. The act of the General Court 
constituting the place a town is brief enough for a model; it is as 
follows : — “Charlestown Village is called Wooburne.” It is supposed 
that the name was derived from the abbey and park of Woburn, in 
Bedfordshire. It originally included what are now the towns of Win¬ 
chester, formerly called South Woburn, Burlington, originally called 
Shawshine, and Wilmington, originally known as Goshen Village. 

Woburn has always been patriotic, and in “the old French War” 
sent 150 of her 1500 population as soldiers. In the Revolutionary 
struggle she was among the foremost. Two days before the battle 
of Lexington, a company of fifty “minute men” was formed, and at 
the alarm on the morning of April 19, 1775, nearly all of them 
hastened to Lexington. 

“Swift as their summons came they left 
The plow mid-furrow standing still, 

The half-ground corn grist in the mill, 

The spade in earth, the axe in cleft.” 

The manufacture of leather for shoe stock is the great industry of the 
place, besides which there are many other flourishing manufactories. 

The centre of the town, with its common, soldiers’ monument, 
large churches, beautiful public library building and elegant private 
residences, impresses the passing traveller, or the visitor to the town. 
Two miles beyond is North Woburn, a flourishing village, now to feel 
the impetus of the main line of railway through its pleasant region. 
Along here the track is located by the side of what remains of the 
old Middlesex Canal, which at this point almost retains its original 
appearance. A few miles farther on, in Wilmington, its course may 
also be traced, both its tow-path and its channel; and in some parts 
of the latter may be seen ‘ ‘ springs of water, * * * grass with 



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reeds and rushes.” The railroad ruined its business, which had only 
paid for a very few years; and in 1859 the Supreme Court issued a 
decree extinguishing its charter. 

Woburn was the birth-place of the distinguished scientist of the 
last century, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, also the home of 
Moses Cleveland, ancestor of President Cleveland, and of Charles 
Goodyear when he conceived the idea of vulcanizing india rubber. 

On the old line to the right, a short distance from Winchester, is 
Montvalc, where diverges a branch road to Stoneham, which is located 
on an elevated ridge, and is a busy shoe-manufacturing place. At 
Wilmington a branch extends to Wilmington Junction, over wdiat 
was the old road-bed of the Boston & Maine railroad when it was 
originally a branch of the Boston & Lowell, and from thence to 
the great manufacturing city of Lawrence, and frequent and fast 
trains land passengers at the station in the heart of the city, making 
this the most desirable route between Boston and Lawrence. 

From Wilmington, the main line continues through country villages 
in Billerica, and then approaches Lowell, the first and the great cotton 
city of America. Here the Framingham and Lowell branch of the Old 
Colony Railroad system comes in on the left from the southeast, and the 
Lowell and Lawrence and the Salem and Lowell branches of the B. &L. 
on the right,—the former of these connecting the two great manufac¬ 
turing cities on the Merrimack, and the latter giving direct communi¬ 
cation with the historic city of Salem, with its surrounding seaside 
resorts, and museums containing relics of colonial and witchcraft days, 
—passing also through Peabody, formerly a part of the great town of 
Danvers, which was the birthplace of the great London banker, George 
Peabody, and of Nathaniel Bowditch, the distinguished writer on 
mathematics and navagation. Mr. Peabody’s tomb is in Harmony 
Grove, which may be seen from the cars between Peabody and Salem. 
Immense quantities of coal are transported over this branch from Salem 
to Lawrence, Lowell, and other points still farther inland. 

The main line as it enters Lowell passes through a rock-cut which 
was thought a marvel of engineering skill when the road was built. 
Through trains stop at Middlesex Street depot; but cars with Lowell 
passengers are drawn still farther into the city over and by the side 
of the canals, to the Merrimack Street station in the very heart of the 
city. 

The through trains continue north along the banks of the noble Mer¬ 
rimack River, where the ever-changing views opened up by its winding 
course are a continual source of pleasure. John Greenleaf Whittier’s 
home is on the banks of the Merrimack; and of it he has never tired of 
singing in many songs of various keys. In one place — 

“ I have stood 

Where the Hudson rolled his lordly flood; 

Seen sunrise rest and siinset fade 
Along his frowning palisade; 

Looked down the Apalachian peak 
On Juniata’s silver streak; 


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Have seen along his valley gleam 
The Mohawk’s softly winding stream; 

The level light of sunset shine 
Through broad Potomac’s hem of pine; 

And autumn’s rainbow-tinted banner 
Hang lightly o’er the Susquehanna; 

Yet, wheresoe’er his step might be, 

Thy wandering child looked back to thee.’* 

And in another — 

“ And thou, O mountain-born!—no more 
We ask the wise Allotter 
Than for the firmness of thy shore, 

The calmness of thy water, 

The cheerful lights that overlay 
Thy rugged slopes with beauty, 

To match our spirits to our day 
And make a joy of duty.” 

This river was a favorite with the Indians. It is said that those of 
the interior gave it its present name, which signified “a strong or swift 
current,” while the Massachusetts Indians called it Merromack, mean¬ 
ing “ a place, or water, of islands,” from the many beautiful islands it 
contains. Others give a different derivation still: coming from the 
union of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers. 

The main line above Lowell was originally the Nashua and Lowell 
Railroad, 14 miles in length, connecting those two cities. At North 
Chelmsford the Stony Brook Branch leads to the southwest, passing 
through Westford and Littleton to Ayer Junction where connection is 
made for Pitchburg, Greenfield, Mass., the Hoosac Tunnel, and the 
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester (N. H.) Railroad. 

As the train rounds the curve at Tyngsboro’ there appears one of the 
finest views of the whole Merrimack River valley; and above the 
railroad line, on the left, are some grand old-time country mansions, 
which in their day were the pride of their owners and the wonder of 
all the country about. 

For nearly 50 miles, from Lowell to Concord, N. H., the railroad 
continues along the banks of the charming and industrious stream 
which drains central New England; the scenery has already changed, 
the views broadening with the long reaches of the river, while high 
hills are frequently to be seen in fhe distance. 

At Nashua we find a busy city on both sides of the river and a great 
railroad centre, where connections may be made for Worcester and the 
South, Keene and the West, and Portland and the East. 

At this point connection is also made with the Concord Railroad, over 
which the through trains run to the White Mountains and Northern 
divisions of this system, passing through Manchester where for about 
a mile the road is located along the side of the immense mills of the 
Amoskeag and other corporations, which are thoroughly equipped and 
can use steam as an auxiliary when low water in the river makes it 
necessary. Other places, largely given to manufacturing, are Hooksett 
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The several cities named, and especially Concord,—a very handsome 
and attractive place, and also the capital of the Granite State,—would 
repay a visit. At Concord are two well-kept hotels, the Eagle and the 
Phoenix; and, in addition to the points of attraction within the city, 
there are fine drives in the vicinity. The State House is a handsome 
building, very pleasantly situated in the centre of a little park; and it 
contains a large number of historical portraits, battle-flags, etc. The 
city is beautifully located in a region which was a great favorite with 
the Indians. 

• ‘ The Nashua meadows lay green and unshorn, 

And the hills of Pentucket were tasselled with corn. 

But the Penacook Valley was fairer than these, 

And greener its grasses and taller its trees, 

E’er the sound of an axe in the forest had rung, 

Or the mower his scythe in the meadow had swung. 

In their sheltered repose looking out from the wood 
The bark-builded wigwams of Penacook stood, 

Here glided the corn-dance, the council-fire shone, 

And against the red war-post the hatchet was thrown.” 

And among other delightful things which Whittier has told is — 

“ A story of the marriage of the Chief 
Of Saugus to the dusky Weetamoo, 

Daughter of Passaconaway, who dwelt 
In the old time upon the Merrimack.” 

The story is that Winnipurkit, otherwise called George, Sachem of 
Saugus, married a daughter of the great chief of the Penacooks, 
whose principal location was where Concord now stands. There was 
a great feast, and then the bride was accompanied to Winnipurkit’s 
home at Saugus, on the sea-coast, by a band of prominent men. After 
ft season she went to her father’s on a visit, and was escorted by some 
of her husband’s chiefs; but when she was ready to return, a falling- 
out occurred between Passaconaway, her father, and Winnipurkit, her 
husband, over a matter of Indian etiquette; neither would send an 
escort with her, or for her. At last she determined to return alone, 
and at the time of the spring freshet set out in a canoe on “the 
troubled stream,” and met her fate in the Amoskeag Palis, at what is 
now Manchester. 

“ Sick and weary of her lonely life, 

Heedless of peril the still faithful wife 

Had left her mother’s grave, her father’s door, 

To seek the wigwam of her chief once more. 

Down the white rapids like a sere leaf whirled, 

On the sharp rocks and piled up ices hurled, 

Empty and broken, circled the canoe 

In the vexed pool below — but, where was Weetamoo?” 

That the chief avenue of approach to the great mountain, lake and 
river resorts of New England, northern New York and the Dominion 
of Canada, is over the Boston & Lowell Railroad, its leased lines and 
branches, has been made apparent by the descriptions already given,and 


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will be still more clearly seen by a casual glance at a map of the region. 
In connection with other roads, the Boston and Lowell system forms a 
direct line between Boston, central New England and the chief cities of 
Canada and the West; so that from every side the travel thitherwards 
naturally gravitates towards this route; in fact, the traveller cannot 
move about among the different mountain and lake resorts, to any great 
extent, by any other. With two or three exceptions, all the great moun¬ 
tain hotels have been built upon this line, or its branches; and there is 
direct rail, stage, or steamboat connections with the houses not thus 
located. The development of the White Mountains region and the 
more northerly section of New Hampshire, has followed the progress 
of the White Mountains Division of this great line, or rather kept pace 
therewith. Within the past decade the means of travel to and about 
the mountains has been entirely revolutionized. The old stage-coach 
has given place to the swifter railway; and the means of going from 
point to point is so much improved, that the old ideas of distance are 
practically annihilated. Lakes Winnipesaukee, Sunapee, Newfound and 
Memphremagog, and the whole mountain region, have been brought 
nearer the doors of Boston, New York and Philadelphia; and the result 
is a greater volume of travel. The stage-coach may still be seen upon 
some little routes of travel, where the slow mode of transit serves as 
a novelty to the tourist of to-day, and by its shortness prevents serious 
delay. Thousands of persons visit the White Mountains where hun¬ 
dreds went before. The attractiveness of the region has been enhanced 
by bringing them readily within reach. When the traveller can 
leave New York in the morning after breakfast, or Boston at noon, 
and eat his supper at any of the mountain hotels, the pleasures of a 
round of travel amid these grand scenes is all the greater, since quick 
transit brings him to their presence without the tedious delays former¬ 
ly unavoidable. A saving in time, expense and fatigue is thus effected. 

In no part of the world is railway travel carried to greater perfec¬ 
tion. The main line of road reaches the great centres of resort, while 
narrow-gauge or standard-gauge lines connect therewith, and lead to 
other points. Even the crown of New England itself, lofty Mount 
Washington, is made a ‘ ‘ railway point;” and the tourist is lifted through 
the clouds by the iron horse to an elevation of 6,293 feet. Not only in 
the extension of railway communication, but in its appointments and 
means of comfortable transit, all the divisions of the Boston and 
Lowell line have kept fully up to the demands of the travelling public; 
so that it may be said truthfully that there are few better equipped lines 
in America. Another reason for its popularity is, that it passes 
through picturesque regions for its whole extent. A ride over its line, 
without halting at any of the numerous resorts en route , is a pleasure- 
tour full of picturesque delights; while the tourist who has leisure 
may stop at dozens of attractive places, scarcely mentioned in the 
guide books, before reaching the chief objective point of his journey. 
Mountains, lakes and romantic valleys are on every hand; and, for 


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scenic attractiveness, there are no lines of railway in the East or 
North that can fairly be called into comparison. 

The train service will be found convenient and expeditious. There 
are frequent express trains between Boston and all the hill country, 
lake regions and White Mountain points, and also between Boston 
and Canada. These connect with all the southern and western boat 
and railway lines, and with trains from all interior points. The hours 
of leaving and arrival are given in the time-tables published elsewhere, 
and in the time-cards and folders to be found at all stations of this 
road and at all the principal railroad centres in the country. 

EATING HOUSES AND RESTAURANTS.—BOSTON STATION. 

Travellers reaching Boston by the Sound steamers and early trains, 
need not go to a hotel for breakfast, as at the Boston & Lowell Station 
on Causeway Street, they will find an excellent cafe, where every want 
in the way of substantials and delicacies can be found, and meals 
served at any hour. This cafe has long and justly enjoyed a high rep¬ 
utation. 

NASHUA JUNCTION. 

In the commodious depot is a first-class refreshment room where reg¬ 
ular meals or lunches can be obtained, and the latter will be quickly 
put up for the passing traveller. 

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. 

The eating house at this point, where nearly all through trains stop 
for meals, has long enjoyed an enviable reputation, the cooking of the 
viands being well-nigh perfect, and the serving of the most attentive 
and thoughtful description. Abundant time is allowed for meals, and 
the signal for departure is seasonably given. 

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. 

This charmingly located caf6, over the waters of the lake, was opened 
the past season, and will be found supplied with everything the hungry 
traveller can need. 

PEMIGEWASSET HOUSE, PLYMOUTH, N. H. 

This noted house spreads sumptuous tables in the large dining room 
up stairs, and a long lunch counter in the restaurant opening from the 
depot platform. Excellent lunches will also be here put up for the 
traveller to take with him. So many thousand mountain tourists have 
enjoyed the elegant hospitality of this house that it is superfluous to 
utter its praise. 

At Lowell, Concord, N.H., Keene, Wells Biver, and Wing Hoad, lunch 
counters may also be found where wholesome food can be obtained, 
although not of wide variety. 


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How tie Boston and Howell System is Made Up 


CHAPTER III. 

The Southern Division, or main line proper, extends from Boston 
through Lowell and Nashua to Keene, including the Boston and Lowell, 
the Nashua and Lowell, the Wilton, the Peterboro’, and the Manchester 
and Keene railroads. It is at Nashua that the southerly arm diverges 
from the trunk line, extending to the rural towns of Amherst, Milford 
and Wilton, and for many miles following the course of the Souhegan 
River, on which, in Wilton, there are some wild gorges and tumbling 
cascades. The line then passes into the mountainous region of Lynde- 
boro’, Greenfield and Hancock; affording to the passenger an ever- 
changing panorama of river, pond and mountain scenery. In Han¬ 
cock, the Peterboro’ & Hillsboro’ Railroad belonging to the North¬ 
ern Division of the Boston and Lowell system is crossed at a right- 
angle. From Greenfield, to and beyond Hancock, the road skirts the 
northerly rim of a great basin in which are towns, rivers and numerous 
ponds, and surrounding which are, on the east, the two peaks of 
Peterboro’, or Pack Monadnock and Temple mountains; on the north, 
Crotched, Willard, Bald and Whittemore mountains, with long and 
grand Monadnock on the southwest. The road winds in and out 
among high hills, along narrow gorges, through deep cuts, across high 
fills, over wide chasms, through Hancock, Harrisville and Marlboro’ 
to Keene, the western terminus of this southern line, where con¬ 
nection is made in a union depot with the Cheshire Railroad and 
the Ashuelot branch of the Connecticut River Railroad system. Along 
this route from Greenfield through Hancock and Harrisville the 
line skirts numerous ponds which are the delight of sportsmen; 
and at Harrisville stages connect for Dublin Village and pond, other¬ 
wise known as Monadnock Lake, one of the most attractive localities 
in New England, where there are elegant summer residences, and 
which is steadily growing in favor as a resort; and where Manadnock 
Mountain can be studied in all its grand and rugged majesty. It is 
related that a minister of this region was once preaching on faith, and 
spoke of that which would remove mountains; when pausing, and, 
casting a glance through the window at the massive mountain of rock, 
he said with a twinkle in his eye—“ But it would take a good deal to 
remove old Monadnock!” 

THE CONCORD AND CLAREMONT. 

This arm extends from Concord through West Concord, where the 
New Hampshire State Prison is located in new and excellent buildings, 
past superb granite quarries, to Contoocook, Warner, Bradford, New- 




bury, Sunapee, Newport and Claremont to Claremont Junction, where 
connection is made with the Sullivan County Railroad of the Connect¬ 
icut River line. Through Contoocook the line follows the banks of 
the placid Contoocook River, and on the right and north of the line 
the majestic cone of Kearsarge is visible for 
several miles. 

For many years Bradford was the western 
terminus of this road. From this point stages 
convey passengers to the famous Bradford 
Springs, noted for their medicinal qualities. 


SUNAPEE HARBOR. 

The grade at Newbury is very heavy, and the rock-cut through 
the mountains opens into the elevated basin in which is the very 
attractive Lake Sunapee. The sudden coming upon the wide lake, after 
the long cork-screw climb up among the high hills and through the 
frowning rock-cut, is an agreeable surprise. The road touches the 
extreme south end of this very lovely sheet of water, where is located 
Newbury station and the dock for the steamers which ply on the 
lake, so that tourists can walk directly from the station to the steamer’s 


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gang-plank. At the Landing is a good boarding-house, and near it, 
and all along the southern end of the lake which the railroad skirts, 
are some uncommonly good cottage sites, while on a charming point 
the foundation is laid for a large hotel. From here many of the 
islands, coves, points and bluffs can be seen, with many a summer cot¬ 
tage, and a glimpse can be caught of the finely-located Lakeview 
House on the west shore. On the south, towering above, is Sunapee 
Mountain, on the side of which, far up and overlooking the whole 
lake, is Johnson’s popular house. 

Newport is the shire town of Sullivan County, and an attractive and 
thriving place. There are two good hotels, the larger of which is the 
Newport House, and the other the Phoenix Hotel, while there are sev¬ 
eral good boarding-houses, and in the surrounding region many farm¬ 
houses where good summer board may be had. 

Prom Newport to Claremont the road follows the course of the 
Sugar Eiver which receives the waters of Lake Sunapee. Claremont 
is a large and finely located town, with many attractions for the 
stranger. The Belmont House is a good hotel, and there are boarding 
houses and farm houses to which strangers will be received at reason¬ 
able rates. The surrounding scenery is on a grand scale, Ascutney 
Mountain, across the Connecticut Eiver, in Vermont, looming above in 
its grandeur and overlooking the town, while to the northeast Green 
and Bald mountains are only a part of the grander Croydon Mountain, 
a prominent feature of the landscape a little farther removed. The 
whole region of Lake Sunapee, Newport and Claremont abounds with 
good drives along the valleys or among the hills. 

THE PETERBORO’ AND HILLSBORO’ BRANCH. 

At Contoocook, going west on the Concord & Claremont Branch, 
the Peterboro’ and Hillsboro’ Branch diverges to the south, extend¬ 
ing through Contoocook, West Hopkinton, Henniker, Hillsboro’, 
Antrim, Bennington, Hancock Junction, (where the Keene Branch is 
crossed as before noticed,) to the large and charming town of Peter¬ 
boro’, which is seven miles nearer Boston by the Boston and Lowell 
than by any other route. The Contoocook and its tributaries flow 
through the place, and excellent hotels and farm-house boarding places 
on breezy hill tops, good brook and pond fishing, grand mountain 
scenery with uncommonly pleasant drives in all directions, indicate 
its attractions. 

THE NORTHERN DIVISION. 

Prom Concord the northwesterly arm of the Boston and Lowell is 
the Northern Eailroad of N. H., which follows the valley of the Merri¬ 
mack as far as Pranklin, and then winds in and out among hills, ponds 
and lakes, working up some heavy grades to the summit at Canaan, 
having ascended 778 feet since leaving Concord; then following the 
water-course of the Mascoma Eiver, for miles skirting the fine lake 
of the same name, it proceeds down a steep grade from Enfield to West 


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Lebanon, where the Connecticut River is crossed, and connection made 
at White River Junction with the Central Vermont Railroad and the 
Passumpsic Railroad for the North. 

At Penacook, seven miles northwest of Concord, and formerly known 
as Pisherville, the Contoocook River empties into the Merrimack, and 
at the point of junction in mid-stream is Dustin’s island, on which 
stands a granite monument to Hannah (Emerson) Dustin, who was 
captured by the Indians on the 15th of March, 1G97, at Haverhill, 
Mass., together with a six weeks’ old infant and its nurse, Mary Niff. 
The child was killed, but the two women were brought by a weary 
march to a wigwam on this island and left in charge of two men, three 
women and seven Indian children, where they also found Samuel 
Lannardson, a boy captured from Worcester. Mrs. Dustin planned an 
escape, and on the early morning of March 31, 1697, awoke her com¬ 
panions, and, with the Indians’ own tomahawks dispatched both the 
men instantly and one woman; the other woman and one Indian boy 
only escaping. Taking the scalps as proof, they scuttled all the canoes 
but one, and then embarked on the then high and turbulent Merrimack 
for Haverhill, which they safely reached in a few days. She at once 
became a great heroine, and, being called to Boston, the General Court 
thanked her and made her a grant of £50. 

Eifty years afterwards the white settlers of this region were as¬ 
sailed by the savages, and some killed and others carried captive to 
Canada. Now the descendants of some of those foraging Canadian 
Indians descend again on the peaceful valleys, but in these days for 
peaceful purposes, and are found as operatives in the numerous fac¬ 
tories which line the noble Merrimack stream. 

Boscawen was originally named Contoocook, but in 1760 given its 
present name from Lord Boscawen of the English navy. In 1860 it was 
divided, and part took the name of Webster. The old town is the birth¬ 
place of General Dix, Pitt Eessenden and Charles G. Greene; the home of 
Ezekiel Webster; and his great brother Daniel had a law office here. 
Boscawen Plain has a wide street two miles long, on which are some fin e 
residences. At North Boscawen the brick buildings of the Merrimack 
County poor-farm may be seen, and the burying ground with its white 
head-boards, near the track. Prom here there is a stage connection with 
Salisbury, four miles distant, where Daniel Webster was born, under 

“ A roof beneath the mountain pines.” 

At Webster Place, the farm and home of Daniel Webster is seen on 
the right of the track. The old homestead and other buildings are 
now used as the New Hampshire Orphan Asylum, and the happy faces 
of many children may frequently be seen as the train passes. It was 
under the elms near by that the great statesman loved to linger in 
summer and rest from the cares of public life. 

“In vain the envious tongue upbraids; 

His name a nation’s heart shall keep 
Till morning’s latest sunlight fades 
On the blue tablet of the deep.” 


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In this intervale there was a fort, in the early settlement, and here, in the 
French and Indian war, Colonel Goff’s regiment spent the winter, and 
was drilled and then marched overland to Crown Point. Up over the 
hill, eastward, it is only about two miles to Webster’s birthplace, then 
in Salisbury, but now included in the town of Franklin. 

At Franklin, a large and thriving town, the Pemigewasset and Win- 
nipesaukee rivers unite to form the Merrimack, from whence some 
say is its name, signifying in the Algonquin tongue, “the meeting 
of the waters.” Other suggestive derivations of the name Merrimack 
have been given before. These streams furnish power for numerous 
large manufactories. 

From here the Bristol Branch diverges, running to Bristol, a thrifty 
manufacturing place thirteen miles distant, on the shores of Newfound 
Lake, which is mountain-environed, full of fish, and popular with 
summer campers and farm-houses boarders. 



WEBSTER LAKE. 

Just beyond Franklin the road skirts 
the banks of Webster Lake, one of the 
many sheets of water to be seen on this 
line, and one of the most attractive. It 
has pleasant camp grounds near the rail¬ 
road and shore. 

At East Andover is Highland Lake, with clean, sandy beach; and at 
Andover, Eagle Pond, with Bagged Mountain beyond on the north. 
From Potter Place station stages are taken for New London, the 
location of the Colby Academy, a preparatory school under the patron¬ 
age of the Baptist denomination. It is also the station from which 
to reach the Winslow House on Mt. Kearsarge; this mountain supply¬ 
ing a name for the celebrated war ship which sunk the Confederate 
cruiser, “Alabama” off Cherbourg, France, in 1864, and the house on 
the mountain was named for her brave commander. 









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Canaan is a country town; the centre, some two miles north, having 
a very wide and tree-shaded main street. 

Enfield has several families of Shakers; and from near the station a 
small steamer may be taken to cross Lake Mascoma, on the west side 
of which is the principal Shaker settlement. The railroad skirts this 
lake for several miles. From East Lebanon the descent along the 
banks of the Mascoma is great, and the track crosses the foaming 
stream fourteen times, through covered bridges, in the distance of six 
miles, making a fast express almost seem a game of “ hide and seek.” 

Lebanon is a flourishing place of many attractions for the summer, 
while at West Lebanon is located the excellent Tilden Female Seminary. 

THE WHITE MOUNTAINS DIVISION. 

The old, reliable and attractive route to Winnipesaukee, Memphre- 
magog and Connecticut lakes, and the Franconia and White moun¬ 
tains, is over this division of the Boston and Lowell line, formerly 
and favorably known as the Boston, Concord, Montreal & White Moun¬ 
tains Railroad, which extends along the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, 
and through the western range of the White Mountain group, and, 
farther north, runs through the Ammonoosu c and Connecticut valleys; an 
important spur penetrating the very heart of the mountain region at 
Fabyan’s, while branches and connecting lines reach the Pemigewasset 
Valley, the Profile House, Bethlehem, Jefferson, the summit of Mount 
Washington, and the northern regions of New Hampshire, Vermont, 

; Canada and Maine. 

Just above Concord, the train crosses the Merrimack River for the 
last time. Near this point a fine view is had of Mount Kearsarge, which 
is about a dozen miles distant. Tilton, a charming town eighteen miles 
from Concord, is the first place of importance above the State capital, 
and Laconia and Lake Village are next in order. The mountains have 
already become prominent features of the landscape, being first seen 
across several bodies of water, along the shores of which the railroad 
runs, near and above East Tilton. At the Weirs the beautiful Lake 
Winnipesaukee is reached. Here a delightful summer resort has sprung 
into being within the past few years. In addition to a great number 
of handsome cottages, for the most part cosily situated in the groves, 
there are three capacious hotels, viz., the Hotel Weirs, the Lakeside 
House and the Winnecoette House. Several large summer meetings 
are held here every year, and one of the groves is the property of the 
New Hampshire Veterans’ Association. The steamboat “Lady of 
the Lake ” connects here with north-bound and south-bound express 
trains, conveying passengers to and from Centre Harbor and Wolfboro’. 
North of the Weirs, and on an arm of the lake, lies Meredith, and next 
above, Ashland. After passing these two places, the train approaches 
Plymouth. The traveller is now fairly within the gateway of the moun¬ 
tain region. The Pemigewasset Valley here broadens into a beautiful 
intervale, environed by mountains of less elevation than those farther 








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north, but still bold and picturesque. The Pemigewasset House, one 
of the famous summer resorts of the mountain region, is situated in the 
heart of the pretty village; and all the day trains stop here for meals. 

If the traveller is going direct to the Twin Mountain, Pabyan or 
Crawford houses, to Littleton, Pranconia, Jefferson, Bethlehem Junc¬ 
tion (thence, by narrow guage railroad, to Maplewood, Bethlehem or 
Profile House), or to any other of the delightful summer retreats of 
northern New Hampshire, to the top of Mount Washington, to the lakes 
and mountains of Vermont, to the hunting and fishing regions of Maine, 
or of Canada, he continues on the main line of the White Mountains 
Division of the Boston & Lowell Bailroad, above Plymouth. If he is 
journeying to the Profile House, or to any of the numerous summer hotels 
and boarding houses of Campton, Thornton, Woodstock or Waterville, 
he leaves the main line at Plymouth, and proceeds through the beauti¬ 
ful Pemigewasset Valley, directly north, over the Pemigewasset Valley 
Branch, which closely follows the bank of 

“ The winding Pemigewasset, overhung 
By beechen shadows, whitening down its rocks, 

Or lazily gliding through its intervals, 

From waving rye-fields sending up the gleam 
Of sunlit waters.” 

After leaving Plymouth and the Pemigewasset River, the traveller 
on the main line ascends the valley of Baker’s River, through Rumney, 
Wentworth and Warren, and in the latter town crosses the ridge divid¬ 
ing the water system of the Merrimack from that of the Connecticut. 
The scenery through these several towns is bold and picturesque; the 
region being mountainous with numerous small streams. In the town 
of Haverhill the railroad runs for some distance along an elevated 
plateau upon the east side of the Connecticut River; and the views 
caught by the passenger, as the train winds in and out of the little 
patches of woodland, are often very charming. Vermont lies upon the 
opposite side of the river, and the foot-hills of the Green Mountains 
rise beyond the valley. At Woodsville and Wells River, the former 
being upon the New Hampshire side, and the latter upon the Vermont 
side of the river, connection is made with the Passumpsic Railroad 
and with the Montpelier & Wells River Railroad. The former, and 
that portion of the Boston & Lowell Railroad lying below this point, 
form important links in the Montreal & Boston Air Line, of which the 
South Eastern Railway of Canada is also a part. At Wells River, also, 
the direct New York and Saratoga express trains enter upon this divi¬ 
sion of the Boston & Lowell Railroad. 

At Woodsville the traveller who is on his way to the mountains leaves 
the Connecticut River behind him, and journeys along the Ammonoosuc 
River, a swift mountain stream which has its source in the Lake of 
the Clouds, five thousand feet high, in the Presidential Range. The 
river is several times crossed in the course of the ride through Bath, 
Lisbon, Littleton, Bethlehem and Carroll. At Wing Road station the 


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THE OX BOW, NEAR HAVERHILL 































































































































































































































































































































































































mountain trains leave the main line, and ascend the Mount Washington 
Branch. Bethlehem Junction is the point of departure for Maplewood 
and the Bethlehem hotels and boarding houses, and for the Profile 
House. A narrow-gauge railway extends to both Bethlehem village 
and to Franconia Notch. Beyond Bethlehem there are no villages, 
and only the large hotels give local designations to the railroad stations. 
Thus the Twin Mountain, White Mountain, Fabyan and Mount Pleasant 
houses form the central points, or stations. The Crawford House is four 
miles beyond the Fabyan, on the line of the Portland & Ogdensburg Kail- 
road. The very heart of the mountain region has been reached at 
Fabyan’s; and the visitor looks out upon the giant wall of the Presi¬ 
dential Kange, all the summits of which are within from four to ten 
miles distant. The Mount Washington Branch extends beyond Fabyan’s 
and Mt. Pleasant to a junction with the Mount Washington Kailway, 
by which the traveller ascends by a steep incline to the summit; 
but the Mt. Pleasant House is the terminal point of all express trains. 

The main line of the White Mountains Division of the Boston and 
Lowell line extends above Wing Koad station, through the towns of 
Whitefield, Dalton and Lancaster, to Groveton, at which latter point 
it connects with the Grand Trunk Kailway. The Whitefield & 
Jefferson Kailroad, which affords direct and easy means of communica¬ 
tion with the hotels and boarding houses of Jefferson, diverges from 
the main line at Whitefield. Northward from Groveton, the traveller 
may proceed by the Grand Trunk Railway to North Stratford and 
Brunswick Springs, or, via North Stratford and Colebrook, to Dixville 
Notch or Connecticut Lakes, or through the Notch to Lake Umbagog 
and the Kangeley Lakes, the great fishing and hunting section of North¬ 
western Maine. 

THE CHERRY MOUNTAIN SLIDE. 

On the north side of Cherry Mountain, facing the Jefferson hotels, 
occurred the noted landslide of July 10, 1885. This mountain is on 
the south side of the Whitefield & Jefferson Kailroad, and lies between 
Jefferson and Fabyan’s, from both of which places its summit can be 
seen, and it can be reached-by carriage road from both places. There 
is also a station on the railroad at the point nearest the place. It was 
the largest slide ever known in the mountains, although not fatal as 
the Willey avalanche in the White Mountain, or Crawford, Notch in 
1826, when a whole family perished. In this Cherry Mountain dis¬ 
aster, one man, who was milking in his barn, was caught and held in 
the ruins, but afterwards extricated alive. A man and some boys, who 
were building a house, on hearing the roar, jumped through the win¬ 
dows, and, running across the road, escaped, while the house fell. 
The slide was owing to great rains, which swelled the streams and 
soaked the crust of the earth, when a portion of the mountain side, 
about 25 rods wide, 50 feet deep and two miles long, slid down into 
the meadow at the base, where it spread itself out over 20 acres. Its 
sides were cut as clean as though dug with a steam-shovel, while two 


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farms were ruined. The cow which Mr. Donald Mitchell was milking 
was carried some distance in the confused mass of earth and timbers, 
had both horns knocked off, but when liberated went immediately to 
feeding; while a horse, borne a considerable distance in the debris, 
was cut out uninjured. The escape with life of those who were in its 
track was as remarkable as the greatness of the slide and the devasta¬ 
tion which it caused. During the subsequent season, thousands of 
people visited the scene, the railroads running excursion trains for 
that purpose from all parts of the State. In no w r ay can one get so 
vivid an idea of the devastation possible from an avalanche as by a 
visit to this scraped side of Cherry Mountain. Every one who comes 
into the White Mountains region should certainly visit the scene. 

VERMONT DIVISION. 

This was formerly known as the St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain 
road, and extends from Scott’s in New Hampshire, where a junction is 
formed with the White Mountains Division, three miles to Lunenburg, 
Yt., where the Connecticut River is crossed, and thence in a west by 
north-westerly direction across the State to Maquam Bay on Lake 
Champlain. Originally known as the “Portland & Ogdensburg R.R., 
Vermont Division,” it was constructed to form a portion of a through 
line between Portland, Me., and Montreal and the West, with the idea 
that Portland was destined to rival Boston and other large seaport 
cities as a port of entry and export for foreign commerce. Although 
these plans have failed of realization in many particulars, the line thus 
opened has become a very important factor in the division of through 
traffic between Northern New England and the West, and has been of 
special value as a pleasure route in the summer to the host of travel¬ 
lers from Montreal and Western Canada, who annually seek the beach 
resorts at and near Portland, Me., and also to those who travel be¬ 
tween Lakes George and Champlain and all the great resorts of Maine. 
Its western terminus is at Maquam, from whence the steamer Maquam, 
owned by the road and running in connection with its trains, connects 
with Plattsburg. Here the traveller can directly penetrate the Adiron- 
dacks, or go south to Lake George or Saratoga by the very picturesque 
route of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company’s road along the 
western shore of Lake Champlain. The west-bound traveller from the 
Maine seashore resorts or from the White Mountains will find this a 
route supplying some of the finest scenery in all New England. At 
points between Scott’s Junction and St. Johnsbury the Pilot range of 
mountains, north of Lancaster and Jefferson, can be seen, which with 
the Coos valley of the Connecticut at this point, are of extreme beauty. 

The line crosses the Passumpsic R.R. and river at St. Johnsbury, 
which is one of the most beautiful towns in Vermont. Its population 
is about 8,000, and it has a brisk manufacturing interest; the Fairbanks 
Scale Co. having its shops and foundries here, give employment to 
about 800 persons. 


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West of St. Johnsbury the line ascends to a table-land, from the 
summit of which there are fine views of the White Mountains and the 
nearer Connecticut valley, while it skirts the shores of Joe’s Pond for 
several miles. From Walden the descent is so great into the valley 
where the line reaches the head-waters of the La-Moille (usually 
written Lamoille) that a remarkable curve is made along two sides and 
around one end of a long narrow valley. At one point the line in Wal¬ 
den is 240 feet above its level in Hardwick, which is plainly in view 
below, only a mile across the valley, while around by the railroad, pass¬ 
ing Greenboro’ at the upper end of the valley, it is a distance of six 
miles, making it one of the most noted railroad curves in New Eng¬ 
land. Walden summit is 1,180 feet above the sea, and from this point 
westward there is a fine view of the Green Mountains. From Greens¬ 
boro’ to Cambridge the line follows the Lamoille River valley, which 
has a peculiar rural beauty. High mountains shut it in on either side, 
and along the river are some of the richest farms of Vermont. 

Morrisville is a flourishing place, where stages connect for and from 
Stowe, the point of departure for Mt. Mansfield. At Cambridge Junc¬ 
tion the Burlington & Lamoille Railroad diverges to Burlington; and 
from here to Sheldon Springs the line crosses the water-shed between 
the Lamoille and the Missisquoi rivers, the valley of the latter being 
followed to Swanton. In East Highgate and Highgato there are fine 
views to the southward across a wide valley cut by numerous ravines, 
with St. Albans in the distance having two mountains for a back¬ 
ground, while through the centre of the valley the gleaming water of 
the Missisquoi is seen. 

At East Swanton the Montreal line of the Central Vermont R.R. is 
crossed, and at Swanton junction is made with the Rouse’s Point line 
of the same road. From here it is only two miles to Maquam Bay, 
where, near the steamer dock, is the Hotel Champlain, an attractive 
place in summer. The drives southward to Hathaway’s Point, seven 
miles distant, and to St. Albans bay beyond, are very pleasant ones. 

Between St. Johnsbury and Lunenburg this Division forms a por¬ 
tion of the Montreal & Portland line, over which through trains, with 
fine parlor cars, make the most popular and comfortable means of 
transit between the two cities giving their names to the line. 

The Montreal & Portland line passes out of Montreal (Bonaventure 
Street Station) by way of the Victoria Bridge and South Eastern R’y 
to Newport; thence over the Passumpsic R.R. to St. Johnsbury; 
thence by the Vermont Division of the Boston & Lowell to Fabyan’s; 
rhence by the Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. to Portland. It will be 
seen that the route lies through a most picturesque territory, including 
the heart of the White Mountains region and the wonderful Crawford 
Notch; and reference to the time-table of the line, given elsewhere, 
will show that with all these additional attractions the through travel¬ 
ler loses no time en route , while the tourist has opportunities to visit* 
the famous White Mountains resorts without additional cost. 


Lines Connecting witl the Boston and Lowell, 


CHAPTER IV. 

The Sound lines of passenger steamers from New York afford a very 
delightful means of transit to the East and towards the White Moun¬ 
tains. The boats leave New York at a convenient afternoon hour, pass 
up East River, and out into the broad waters of Long Island before 
nightfall, and in the morning connect with north-bound trains. A 
night’s rest on the boat is thus gained. 

THE PALL RIVER LINE. 

The fleet of this line comprises the palatial steamers “ Pilgrim,” 
“ Old Colony,” “Bristol” and “ Providence,” and commencing about 
June 28th, a double daily service will be arranged as follows, from 
Pier 28, North River, New York:—an express steamer will leave at 
5.30 p.m., week-days and Sundays, for Fall River direct, arriving at 
5.00 a.m. ; a second steamer will leave at 6.15 p.m., week-days only, 
touching at Newport, and arriving at Fall River at 7.00 a.m. On each 
steamer choice orchestral concerts are given during the evening. 
Annex steamers run from the Pennsylvania Railroad Pier, Jersey City, 
and from the Fulton Ferry Slip, Brooklyn, in connection with these 
steamers. An express train leaves Fall River at 7.30 a.m., for the 
White Mountains direct, passing over the northern division of the Old 
Colony Railroad, via Taunton, Mansfield, Framingham and Lowell. 
Breakfast may be had on board the boat before starting, and drawing¬ 
room cars convey passengers from this point to the Fabyan House 
without change. Should the route via Boston be preferred, the 
passenger will leave Fall River by express train at about 5.20 a.m. and 
arrive in Boston at about 6.50 a.m., in season for transfer to and break¬ 
fast at the station of the Boston & Lowell Railroad, from which the 
White Mountains express, with parlor cars, leaves at 9.30 a.m. South¬ 
bound passengers take the White Mountains morning express, making 
sure connections with the boat, either via Lowell, Framingham and 
Taunton, or via Boston. Staterooms may be secured of the drawing¬ 
room car conductor, and baggage may be checked through to all points 
in either direction. 

THE STONINGTON LINE. 

The steamers “ Stonington” and “ Narragansett,” of the Stonington 
Line, leave Pier No. 33, North River, New York, at 5 p.m. every day 
except Sundays. Train leaves Stonington at 4.15 a.m. Passengers 
have thirty minutes for breakfast at Providence, dine at Plymouth, and 
arrive at Fabyan’s, early in the afternoon. Returning, a parlor car 
leaves Fabyan’s at 9.30 a.m., and runs through to Providence, connect- 



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mg there with steamboat express train for Stonington; arriving in 
New York at 6 a.m., in time for all connections. Baggage may be 
checked to and from any important point. Passengers bound north, 
who desire to go through Boston, will have ample time in that city 
for breakfast, and also for the transfer across the city. 

THE PROVIDENCE LINE. 

The steamers “ Massachusetts ” and “ Rhode Island,” of the Provi¬ 
dence Line, leave Pier No. 29, North River, every afternoon except 
Sunday, and proceed through the Sound, and also through Narragansett 
Bay and up the Providence River. Providence is reached at 6 a.m. 
The White Mountains express train, with through drawing-room cars, 
leaves pier of this line at Providence upon arrival of steamers, and 
runs through to Pabyan’s without change, via Worcester, Nashua, 
Concord, Plymouth, Littleton, Bethlehem, etc. Southward-bound pas¬ 
sengers leaving Pabyan’s and White Mountains points in the morning, 
can take drawing-room car direct to landing of steamers at Provi¬ 
dence, without change. Baggage will be checked through to all 
points by this route. 

THE NORWICH LINE 

The steamers of the Norwich Line leave Pier No. 40, North River, 
New York, adjoining the Pennsylvania Railroad Perry. Passengers by 
this route land at New London, Conn., and proceed northward by an 
express train via Worcester to Nashua, where connection is made 
with the White Mountains express. The “City of Worcester” is a 
large and magnificent steamer which has recently been added to this 
line. It is one of the finest passenger steamers afloat in any waters, 
and is rich and elegant in all its appointments. In going southward, 
passengers by this route take the White Mountains express, dine at 
Plymouth, take supper at Worcester, and proceed thence to New 
London by the steamboat express. Staterooms can be engaged by the 
drawing-room car conductor; and, in travelling either way, baggage 
may be checked from and to all points. 

THE ALL-RAIL EXPRESS FROM NEW YORK. 

A through express train, which includes elegant drawing-room cars, 
will leave the New York and New Haven station, Porty-second Street, 
on morning of each week day. The route is via New Haven, Hart¬ 
ford, Springfield, Northampton, Greenfield, Brattleboro’, White River 
Junction, Wells River, Littleton, and Bethlehem, reaching Pabyan’s, 
the Profile House, Jefferson, or any of the Bethlehem hotels same 
evening. A train goes southward over the same route, leaving Pabyan’s 
in the morning and arriving in New York in the evening. 

Passengers by the all-rail lines from New York to Boston, who leave 
New York in the evening, reach Boston in time for breakfast and for 
the transfer to the White Mountains and Montreal express. Passen¬ 
gers via the Springfield Line can, if they prefer, go from Worcester to 
Nashua, and there connect with the White Mountains express. 


THE NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND ALL-RAIL ROUTE. 

Passengers from the South or West will find the through all-rail line 
from Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia, over the New York 
& New England Railroad, a convenient means of approaching the 
mountains. Prom Putnam, Conn., they proceed northward via Wor¬ 
cester and Nashua, connecting at the latter point with the White 
Mountains express. Persons desiring to go through to Boston arrive 
in that city in time to take either the morning or early afternoon trains 
northward. The White Mountains express, bound southward, connects 
with the New York and New England train, either in Boston or via 
Nashua, Worcester and Putnam. Baggage may be checked through 
to all points. The train for New York, Philadelphia and the South, 
leaves the New York and New England station, foot of Summer 
Street, about 6 p.m. 

FROM PROVIDENCE, OVER THE PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD. 

A train leaves the station of the Providence & Worcester Railroad, 
in Providence, every morning, with through drawing-room car attached, 
and, proceeding northward through Worcester and Nashua, becomes 
a part of the White Mountains express at the latter point. This 
train accommodates Providence and Pawtucket people desirous of 
reaching lake and mountain points, and also passengers via the 
Stonington and Providence steamboat lines. There is a through 
drawing-room car southward, on the White Mountains express, which 
runs over the same route below Nashua. 

THE CENTRAL VERMONT LINE. 

This well-known and deservedly popular route of travel is made up 
of the Boston & Lowell, Concord, Central Yermont, and Grand Trunk 
railroads, and is operated between Boston and Montreal as a through 
passenger and freight line. 

The Boston & Lowell part of the line lies south of White River Junc¬ 
tion, from which point the Central Yermont Railroad extends north¬ 
ward, via Montpelier, Waterbury, St. Albans and Highgate Springs, to 
its junction with the Grand Trunk Railway at St. Johns. 

The through trains of the line are composed of coaches and baggage 
cars of modern construction, arranged with special regard for the com¬ 
fort of long-distance travel. Eor those who desire still better accom¬ 
modations, Pullman Parlor Buffet cars are run on day trains and 
Pullman Buffet Sleeping cars on night trains. 

Three through trains are run each week-day from Boston to Montreal, 
leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. (mail), 1 p.m. (fast express), and 7 p.m. 
(night express), arriving in Montreal at 8.30 p.m., 11.10 p.m., and 8.25 
a.m. , respectively. In the opposite direction two trains are run, leav¬ 
ing Montreal at 8.30 a.m. and 8.30 p.m., reaching Boston at 7.10 p.m. 
and 8.30 a.m., respectively. 

Eull details of the time schedules are given among other time-tables 
in later pages of this work. 


THE MONTREAL AND BOSTON AIR LINE. 


This is also a through passenger and freight line between Boston 
and Montreal, of which the Boston & Lowell Railroad, south of Wells 
River, forms a portion. Northward from Wells River the line is made 
up of the Passumpsic Railroad to Newport, Vt., and the South Eastern 
Railway from there to Montreal. The line gives opportunity for sum¬ 
mer travellers to make a detour from Wells River to all the points of in¬ 
terest in the White Mountains, or for a rest by the way at Newport, on 
Lake Memphremagog. Weirs and the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee 
are passed en route , giving some charming views from the car windows. 

Plymouth is the dining station of the line north-bound; and Newport, 
south-bound. 

Two through trains are run over this line each week-day, leaving 
Boston at 8.30 a.m. and 7 p.m., reaching Montreal at 8.30 p.m. and 8.25 
a.m., respectively. South-bound trains leave Montreal at 9 a.m. and 
7.45 p.m. , arriving in Boston at 8.45 p.m. and 8.30 a.m., respectively. 

Pine through cars are run on all trains; the day trains having new 
and comfortable Parlor cars, and the night trains Pullman Sleeping 
cars. 

Pull details of time-tables are given in later pages. 


Towns and Stations en Route, 


CHAPTER V. 

SOUTHERN DIVISION. 

Boston, Mass. Population 362,839. The Capital of Massachu¬ 
setts and metropolis of New England now includes besides the old 
city, what was formerly the cities of Charlestown and Roxbury, the 
towns of West Roxbury and Brighton, and part of Brookline. 

Cambridge, Mass. One mile from Boston. Population 52,669. 
The railroad crosses the extreme easterly point of the city, East Cam¬ 
bridge being the name of the station, and is near the Jail, Court House 
and House of Correction on one side, and on the other is not far from 
the State Prison in Charlestown, or the Bunker Hill district of Boston. 

Somerville, Mass. Three miles from Boston. Population 24,- 
933. Within the limits of this beautiful city, which is spread out over 
numerous large, round hills and intervening valleys, are the stations of 
Milk Row, Winter Hill, Somerville, North Somerville and College Hill, 
on the main line; and Somerville Highlands, Willow Avenue and West 
Somerville, on the Middlesex Central Branch. Tufts College crowns 
one of the hills, the station for which is College Hill. 

MIDDLESEX CENTRAL BRANCH. 

Three miles from Boston, in the city of Somerville, this branch 
diverges to the left. North Avenue is a station in that part of the 
city of Cambridge known as North Cambridge. 

Arlington, Mass. Six miles from Boston. Population 4,100. 
This was formerly West Cambridge, and is a very attractive place. 
Lake Street, Arlington, Brattle Station and Arlington Heights are sta¬ 
tions in the town. 

Lexington, Mass. Eleven miles from Boston. Population 
2,460. A pleasant rural town of historic renown, where the first blood 
was shed in the Revolutionary war for the independence of the Ameri¬ 
can Colonies. A monument on “ the Green” marks the spot where the 
first patriots fell. Many people visit the place yearly. Within the 
limits of the town are also the stations of East Lexington, Pierce’s 
Bridge, Munroe’s and North Lexington. Bedford, fifteen miles from 
Boston, with a population of 931, is the next station, and then West 
Bedford. 

Concord, Mass. Nineteen miles from Boston. Population 
3,922. This celebrated place held the military stores which the British 



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troops sought to destroy, April 19, 1775. It has many natural attrac¬ 
tions, has been and is the home of many distinguished literary people, 
including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne and Bronson 
Alcott. It is also the yearly meeting-place of the celebrated Summer 
School of Philosophy. At Prison Station, two and one-half miles far¬ 
ther west, is located what for several years has been the Massachu¬ 
setts State Penitentiary, and is now the Reformatory Prison for men. 
From Bedford, the recently built Billerica extension runs to North 
Billerica, there connecting with the main line. 

On this branch are Bedford Springs, with its fine summer hotel 
and beautiful surroundings, and Billerica Centre, a pleasant rural 
town of about 2,000 inhabitants. In the latter town is the flag 
station, South Billerica. 

Medford, Mass. Five miles from Boston. Population 7,573. 
We now return to the main line, and in this town find the stations of 
Medford Hillside, West Medford and Mystic, all containing the homes 
of many people of wealth and refinement. At West Medford is the 
queer-looking station-house, built of rough stones from all parts of 
the world, spoken of at length in the preceding descriptive sketch. 
Beyond, on the right, are the Middlesex Fells, with old forest trees 
and rocky peaks, where there are wide views. It is proposed to keep 
this tract of land as a suburban park. 

Winchester, Mass. Eight miles from Boston. Population 
3,802. Here are many manufactories, especially tanneries; and also 
large vegetable gardens, and many elegant homes. Winchester High¬ 
lands is a mile beyond. 

Woburn, Mass. Tell miles from Boston. Population 10,931. 
A flourishing place, with many tanneries, on the new double-tracked 
loop line. It is one of the oldest towns of New England, and has 
always played an important part in its history. On this loop line are 
also Cross Street, Woburn Highlands and North Woburn stations. On 
the old main line, Mont vale, Walnut Hill and Mishawum; and Oakland 
and Lindenwood on the Stoneham Branch—all in Woburn township. 

Stoneham, Mass. Twelve and one-half miles from Boston. 
Population 4,890. Situated on a long, round ridge of land, supplying 
many attractive locations for homes; contains many shoe manufac¬ 
tories, among the very first to use pegging and sewing machines in the 
manufacture of those goods. The valley between Montv ale Junction 
and Stoneham town is one of great beauty. Farm Hill station is in 
this town. 

Wilmington, Mass. Fifteen miles from Boston. Population 
933. A level territory, on which many good men and women have 
been raised and sent out to bless the rest of the world. South Wil¬ 
mington on the main line, Wilmington Junction on the Lawrence 
route, and (East) Wilmington on the Salem and Lowell Branch, are in 
the same town. 


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Billerica, Mass. Nineteen miles from Boston. Population 
2,000. A rural town, in which is also the station of North Billerica, 
where the Concord River is crossed and near which is the fine estate 
of the late ex-Governor Talbot. 

Tewksbury, Mass. Twenty-one miles from Boston. Popula¬ 
tion 2,179. In this town, not far from the Salem and Lowell Branch 
station, is located the State Almshouse, which has become so cele¬ 
brated in recent years, and is really a most beneficent and well man¬ 
aged charity of the great State. The place is reached either via Wil¬ 
mington and Wilmington Junction, or via Lowell. 

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Lawrence, Mass. Twenty-eight miles from Boston. Popula¬ 
tion 39,151. This great and flourishing city is reached by the same 
route as Tewksbury, given above. Frequent fast express trains over 
the Boston & Lowell Railroad supply communication with Boston. 
It is a beautiful city, on both sides of the Merrimack River which fur¬ 
nishes a fine water-power. Among its great mills are the Pacific, At¬ 
lantic, Washington, Pemberton, Everett, Arlington, Duck, Essex and 
Lawrence. There are also many other manufactories, including several 
large paper mills. The dam gives 28 feet fall of water, which is dis¬ 
tributed through a canal a mile long, and is equal to 10,000 horse¬ 
power. When the town was laid out a beautiful park was located on 
the elevated part which is now in the heart of the city and an attrac¬ 
tive spot. 

Lowell, Mass. Twenty-six miles from Boston. Population 
59,475. One of the two shire towns of the county, beautifully situated 
on hills bordering the Concord and Merrimack rivers, which form a 
junction within the city. Interesting historical facts about the early 
days of Lowell will be found in the preceding historical sketch. The 
city has had a rapid growth; its manufactories are on a substantial 
financial basis, and there are few troubles between the employers and 
employed. It is a railroad centre and lines of communication extend 
to all points of the compass. The Locks and Canals Company own 
the outlet of Lake Winnipesaukee, and can thus regulate their supply 
of water via the Merrimack River, which receives the overflow of that 
basin. 

From here there is direct rail connection with Lawrence, Salem, 
Ayer Junction and Nashua over the lines of the Boston & Lowell Rail¬ 
road system, and with all points on the Old Colony Railroad system. 

By the Salem and Lowell Branch, Bleachery Station in Lowell, 
Tewksbury Centre, Tewksbury Junction, Wilmington Junction, (East) 
Wilmington, North Reading, Danvers, Peabody and Salem may be 
reached. This is the route for travellers from the north seeking the 
Massachusetts North Shore. 

Beyond Lowell, one mile, is the Middlesex Station, a suburb of that 
city; and next. North Chelmsford Station, two and one-half miles from 
Lowell. 


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Tyngsboro’, Mass. Thirty-two miles from Boston. Popula¬ 
tion 631. The scenery along the Merrimack River Yalley is uncom¬ 
monly fine, and there are many fine, old homesteads in the town. 

Nashua, N. H. Porty miles from Boston. Population 13,397. 
The Merrimack River divides the city, and the Nashua River empties 
into the larger stream. The town has a diversified surface, and is 
pleasantly laid out and ornamented with many shade trees. There are 
cotton factories, foundries and machine shops. Nashua Junction sta¬ 
tion is on the east side of the city, hut little of which is visible from it. 
Here the trains divide; cars for the Northern and White Mountains 
divisions pass on over the Concord Railroad to Concord. Cars for 
Keene continue a mile farther into the city, to the principal depot in 
the heart of the place. Connection can here be made for Portland, Me., 
via Rochester, N. H.; for Concord, Mass., via the Nashua & Acton 
Branch of this road; for Worcester, via the Worcester & Nashua 
Railroad. 

South Merrimack, N.H. Forty-fve miles from Boston. A 
small village of the town of Merrimack, which has a population of 
1,042, and is a hilly country on the Souhegan River. 

Amherst, N. H. Porty-eight miles from Boston. Population 
1,225. A pleasant rural place on the Souhegan River; half shire town 
of the county; named in 1760, for Lord Jafirey Amherst, the English 
General in America during the French war. Iron ore is found in the 
surrounding hills, which accounts for the numerous mineral springs 
which have excellent medicinal properties. At Milford Springs is a 
spacious summer hotel, 

Milford, N. H. Fifty-one miles from Boston. Population 2,398. 
Lies on both sides of the Souhegan River, which furnishes water power 
for cotton mills and tanneries. Granite is also extensively quarried, 
and it is one of the large milk-producing places for the Boston market. 
The wide meadows, through which the railroad passes, are composed 
of rich soil, and there are many attractive boarding places among the 
hillside farms. 

Wilton, N.H. Fifty-five miles from Boston. Population 1,747. 
The Souhegan River Yalley has narrowed, and the country here is un¬ 
even and hilly, with high hills farther back. Here there are woollen 
mills, tanneries, starch and furniture factories, glass works and saw¬ 
mills. A great productive dairy region surrounds the place; granite 
is also quarried. It is a favorite summer boarding place; the drives 
are very attractive, and Barnes’ Falls are only two miles distant. 

South Lyndeboro’, N. H. Fifty-nine miles from Boston. 
Population 818. A mountainous town, and a favorite summer board¬ 
ing place. The locations are sightly, breezy and cool, and there are 
numerous small streams, with immense hillside pastures. 


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Greenfield, N. H. Sixty-six miles from Boston. Population 
649. The surface is broken and uneven, and mountains surround three 
sides, while the Contoocook River flows on the western border. The 
fine scenery, the pure air and water, with numerous ponds, have caused 
many city invalids and others to spend their summer vacations in this 
town, which is said to be noted for the longevity of its inhabitants. 
Stages connect with Prancestown. South Bennington, seventy miles 
from Boston, is next. 

Hancock, N. H. Seventy-five miles from Boston. Population 
6S9. Pour miles east of Hancock Station is Hancock Junction, where 
the Keene Branch of this division crosses the Peterboro’ & Hillsboro’ 
Branch of the Northern Division of the Boston and Lowell system. 
The Junction is in a wide, flat basin, with high mountains to be seen 
on all sides, with the Contoocook Liver flowing through the vale. At 
Hancock station is one of the prettiest lake, landscape and mountain 
views in the State. Just south of the station lies a fine pond, with 
high banks, with the centre of the town just beyond. The place was 
named for the Revolutionary War Governor, John Hancock, of Massa¬ 
chusetts, and is a very desirable locality for summer boarders, or 
sportsmen, there being numerous fine fishing ponds. 

Peterboro’, N. H. Seventy-seven and one-half miles from Bos¬ 
ton, via Hancock Junction. Population 2,206. This is a charmingly 
situated town, on the Contoocook and Nubanusit Rivers, and the sur¬ 
rounding hills. The town is attractive, and many boarding places are 
popular, as also the excellent Tucker’s Hotel, in the village. Grand 
mountains on three sides give a special character to the scenery, while 
the drives over good roads are celebrated for the enjoyment they sup¬ 
ply. Cunningham Pond in the easterly part of the town, toward 
Peterboro’ Mountain, is quite a resort for parties. There are large 
manufactories, and all the conveniencies of a large town. It is one of 
the best places in the State for a summer sojourn. The Boston and 
Lowell route to Boston is several miles nearer than any other. 

Harrisville, N. H. Eighty-two miles from Boston. Population 
870. The town is on the ridge of land which divides the waters of the 
Merrimack from those of the Connecticut. It is the station for Dub¬ 
lin and its celebrated pond, about which there are now many fine 
summer homes; and also for Nelson, an attractive place for summer 
sojourners, having many large ponds. East Harrisville and West Har¬ 
risville are also stations in the town. Large woollen manufactories are 
located here. 

Marlboro’, N. H. Eighty-nine miles from Boston. Population 
1,286. A very hilly town, with numerous ponds which help form 
the north branch of the Ashuelot River. The village lies far below 
the railroad line, which is located along a hillside. Both the village 
and the farm houses are pleasant places for summer boarding. 




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Keene, N. H. Ninety-six miles from Boston. Population 6,784. 
Originally called Upper Ashuelot, from the Indian name of the beautiful 
riyer which flows through the rich and wide meadows surrounding the 
place. It received its present name in honor of an English nobleman, 
Sir Benjamin Keene, in 1753. It is one of the most favorably situated 
and flourishing cities in the State, and is the market place of a wide, 
country district. The basin, in which the town is located, was un¬ 
doubtedly a lake bottom in the geologic period, and the surrounding 
mountains, the wide, elm-shaded streets, and the substantial blocks of 
buildings add to the attractiveness of the place. It is the shire town 
of the county, and possesses many and varied manufactures, including 
leather, furniture, pails, carriages, boots and shoes, and a pottery. 
There are three good hotels, the Cheshire House, and the City and 
Eagle hotels. Connection is here made with the Ashuelot Branch of 
the Connecticut River Bailroad system for the South, and the Cheshire 
Railroad for Bellows Palis and Rutland. 

CONTINUATION OF MAIN LINE FROM NASHUA. 

Prom Nashua the through service for the upper divisions of the 
Boston and Lowell system is over the Concord Railroad to Concord, 
N. H., along the banks of the beautiful Merrimack for thirty-five miles, 
passing through the large manufacturing city of Manchester, of 32,630 
population, and the towns of Merrimack and Hooksett, with other small 
stations, the whole distance possessing attractive features in the 
river and hill scenery to be viewed from either side of the train, es¬ 
pecially at Martin’s Perry Bend and in the vicinity south of Hooksett 
station. 

Concord, N. H. Seventy-five miles from Boston. Population 
13,843. The capital of the State of New Hampshire, originally called 
Penacook, from an Indian tribe over which Passaconaway held sway, 
whose home was near by; afterwards called Rumford, then Bow, and, in 
1765, Concord. Included in the city limits are East and West Concord. 
It is very pleasantly situated on level and gradually rising land over¬ 
looking the wide intervales of the Merrimack River. The streets are 
wide and well shaded and lined with fine buildings. The State House 
is a fine granite building, situated in a pretty little park. The halls 
contain the battle-flags borne in the war by the New Hampshire regi¬ 
ments, and many historic portraits. The famous Concord coaches and 
stages are made here; and there are also within the city extensive 
granite quarries. There are two excellent hotels, viz., the Eagle and 
Phoenix. The city and surrounding region has many pleasing features. 
The Concord Railroad has a new and well-appointed depot, and the 
place is a great railroad centre, three of the great arms of the Boston 
& Lowell Railroad system here diverging; the Concord & Claremont, 
to the West; the Northern, to the Northwest; and the White Moun¬ 
tains Division (formerly the Boston, Concord, Montreal & White 
Mountains Railroad), to the North. 


Towns and Stations en Route—Continued 


CHAPTER VI. 

CONCORD AND CLAREMONT BRANCH. 

Passing out of Concord city the line ascends a sharp grade, and 
passes West Concord, a considerable village and a suburb of the Capi¬ 
tal, where the new State Prison is located, in excellent buildings, and 
also vast granite quarries, celebrated all over the land. Next is a small 
station called Mast Yard, where the preparation of ships’ masts was 
once an industry. Next is Contoocook, twelve miles from Concord 
and eighty-seven from Boston, where the Hillsboro’ & Peterboro’Branch 
diverges to the south, passing through the following places: West 
Hopkinton, part of a large and charming country town, once a half 
shire town of Hillsboro’ County, but now in Merrimack County; Hen- 
niker, in Merrimack County, twenty miles from Concord and ninety- 
five from Boston, with a population of 1,326; West Henniker, in the 
same town; Hillsboro’, Hillsboro’ County, N. H., twenty-seven miles 
from Concord, and eighty-two miles from Boston via Hancock Junction, 
and one hundred and two miles via Concord, population 1,646,—from 
here there is an early train, via Hancock Junction, reaching Boston 
about 10 o’clock a.m. ; Antrim, thirty-three and one-half miles from 
Concord, seventy-five, via Hancock Junction, from Boston; Bennington, 
thirty-five and one-half miles from Concord and seventy-three miles, 
via Hancock Junction, from Boston. The Keene Branch of the Boston 
& Lowell Railroad system passes through the easterly part of the town. 
The three last-named towns are in Hillsboro’ County, N. H., and are all 
hill-country towns with many attractions and opportunities for sum¬ 
mer boarders. In Antrim, several streams from the ponds in Stoddard 
supply good fishing waters. 

Warner, N. H. Nineteen miles from Concord and ninety-four 
from Boston. Population 1,537. Returning to the Concord & Clare¬ 
mont Branch, after Contoocook we next reach this town, on the Warner 
River and many hills. Kearsarge Mountain, seen on the right of the 
train, is mostly in this town; these features, with numerous fine ponds, 
lend many attractions to the region. Waterloo and Roby’s Corner are 
the next stations. 

B radford , N . H . Twenty-seven miles from Concord and one hun¬ 
dred and two from Boston. Population 950. Another of the pleasant 
hill-country places, abounding in streams and ponds. About three miles 
from the station are Bradford Springs, quite a noted resort. There is 
from here stage connection with Sutton, and New London, where 
Colby Academy is located. 




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Newbury, N. H. Thirty-four miles from Concord, and one 
hundred and nine from Boston. Population 590. The town is moun¬ 
tainous ; the station is at the extreme southeast end of Lake Sunapee, 
where the steamer may he taken for the many delightful islands and 
settlements on the shores, including Pine Cliff, Blodgett’s, George’s 
Mills, Sunapee, Lake View House, Liberty and Emerald Islands. The 
railway platform extends to the steamboat dock. 

Mount Sunapee, N. H. Thirty-six miles from Concord and 
one hundred and eleven from Boston. In the town of Sunapee, which 
has a population of 895, and surrounds Lake Sunapee, particularly 
spoken of elsewhere. This is the station for Johnson’s celebrated 
boarding house, far up on the side of Sunapee Mountain, overlooking 
a wide stretch of country and beautiful Sunapee Lake. Sunapee is the 
next station, and in the same town. 

Newport, N.H . Porty-three miles from Concord and one hundred 
and eighteen from Boston. Population 2,612. The shire town of the 
county, and a place of uncommon rural beauty, with wide streets, good 
hotels, pleasant drives at cheap rates, and many superior summer 
boarding places. The drive to Lake Sunapee is only six miles over 
good roads along the valley of Sugar River and over a high hill, from 
which there is a very fine view. The whole region is one of the most 
healthful in the country, and increasing in favor with the public. 
Northville and Kellyville are the next stations. 

Claremont, N.H. Fifty-four miles from Concord and one 
hundred and twenty-nine from Boston. Population 4,704. A very pleas¬ 
antly situated town on the Connecticut River, surrounded by moun¬ 
tains. The central village is well laid out, and the Belmont House a 
good hotel. The drives in all directions give a great variety of 
scenery, and good board in pleasant homes may be secured. Ascut- 
ney Mountain, across the Connecticut River, in Vermont is a prominent 
feature in the landscape, and grandly beautiful from whatever point 
viewed. Claremont Junction, two miles beyond, supplies connection 
with the Connecticut River Railroad line south and north. 

THE NORTHERN DIVISION. 

Leaving Concord,, the road passes through the great meadows of the 
Merrimack, which are very fertile and show many charming landscapes 
in the summer. The first station is Penacook, formerly called Fisher- 
ville. Here the Contoocook forms a junction with the Merrimack, and 
an island in mid-stream, crossed by the railroad, has the monument to 
the intrepid Mrs. Dustin, whose adventures have been already men¬ 
tioned in Chapter III. 

Boscawen, N.H. Ten miles from Concord and eighty-five from 
Boston. Population 1,381. A beautifully situated town, on the hills 
and in the Merrimack River Valley. North Boscawen is also in this 
town. 


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Webster Place, N. H. Seventeen miles from Concord and 
ninety-two from Boston; in tlie limits of the town of Franklin, noted 
as the home of Daniel Webster. The large white house north of the 
railroad is the Webster house, altered from time to time, but the orig¬ 
inal house may be recognized by its huge chimney and the row of col¬ 
umns which decorate its front. Some years ago prominent citizens 
purchased the place and gave it for a State Orphans’ Home, to which 
it is now devoted. 

Franklin, N. H. Nineteen miles from Concord and ninety-four 
from Boston. Population 3,265. Here the Pemigewasset and Winni- 
pesaukee rivers unite to form the Merrimack. The village is pictur¬ 
esque by reason of the beautiful wooded hills which surround it, and 
by the swift streams which force a passage between them. There are 
numerous manufactories of flannel, hosiery and paper. The Webster 
House and Franklin Hotel are good hostelrj.es. 

BRISTOL BRANCH. 

This extends thirteen miles to Bristol, N. H. Population 1,352. A 
beautifully located town, abounding in mountains and streams, and 
bordering the charming Newfound Lake, a noted resort for campers 
and boarders. There is a rich bed of plumbago near the village. Hill 
is a small station on the line of this branch. 

NORTHERN DIVISION — CONTINUED. 

A few miles beyond Franklin on the main line is Webster Lake sta¬ 
tion, on the shore of the very fine sheet of water bearing that name. 
Here there is a good grove and facilities for picnic excursion parties. 

Andover, N.H. Population 1,204. The first station in this town 
is East Andover, twenty-five miles from Concord and one hundred 
from Boston. Highland Lake is near by, in view from the train, 
with its clear, sandy shores, on which is Taunton Village, a settle¬ 
ment of summer homes. There are many pleasant drives in the region. 

Next is Andover, twenty-nine miles from Concord and one hundred 
and four from Boston. The region is attractive by reason of Eagle 
Pond, four miles long, Bagged Mountain overlooking it, and the 
course of the Blackwater River. The railroad makes a wide detour to 
avoid the mountain. 

Potter Place, two miles beyond, is the station for the Winslow 
House, on Mount Kearsarge, the highest and grandest mountain in this 
part of the State, and the hotel upon it is a favorite resort for those 
who enjoy mountain air and extended views. Stages leave this station 
for Wilmot and New London, many summer boarders going to the lat¬ 
ter place. Three miles farther is West Andover; and next, Danbury, 
thirty-nine miles from Concord and one hundred and fourteen from 
Boston; a mountainous town with a population of 760. South Dan¬ 
bury is another small station in the same town. 


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Grafton, N. H. Forty-three miles from Concord and one hun¬ 
dred and eighteen from Boston. Population 984. Grafton Centre 
is another station in the town, upon the ridge of the watershed 
between the east and west. A tributary of the Pemigewasset flows 
through the easterly part of the town and feeds the Merrimack, while 
in the westerly part there is a branch of the Mas coma, which empties 
into the Connecticut. There are several fine ponds. The railroad sum¬ 
mit is in a long, deep rock-cut, which is 7.78 feet higher than Concord, 
N. H. 

Canaan, N. H. Fifty-one miles from Concord and one hundred 
and twenty-six from Boston. Population 1,762. West Canaan, four 
miles farther on, is also a station in the town. The Centre, some two 
miles from the station, is long, wide and tree-embowered, and an at¬ 
tractive, quiet place in the summer. Heart’s Pond is named for its 
shape, and has high, bluff banks. The town is full of wild, beautiful 
scenery, and in the villages there are good accommodations for sum¬ 
mer visitors. 

Enfield, N.H. Fifty-eight miles from Concord and one hundred 
and thirty-three from Boston. Population 1,680. It is a thrifty town 
and contains one of the most prosperous of the Shaker communities, 
who manage flannel mills and raise large quantities of choice garden 
seeds. There are several fine ponds beside the large and very beautiful 
Mascoma Lake, which the railroad skirts for several miles. On its west 
side are high hills, on the eastern slope of which is the Shaker settle¬ 
ment. On the lake is a small steamer which plies in summer, and the 
whole region is a delightful one for summer visitors, there being a 
settlement of summer cottages and tents on the northeasterly shore. 

Lebanon, N.H. Sixty-five miles from Concord and one hundred 
and forty from Boston. Population 3,354. East Lebanon, at the west 
end of Mascoma Lake, is also in this town, through which flows, 
or rather plunges, the Mascoma River, which the railroad crosses 
thirteen or fourteen times through covered bridges. This and many 
other neighboring towns were settled by people from Connecticut, 
which accounts for the same names to be found in that State. This is 
a beautiful town, with some manufactories and many points of interest 
for the summer sojourner. West Lebanon comes next, sixty-nine 
miles from Concord and one hundred and forty-four from Boston, and 
is on the left bank of the Connecticut River, opposite White River 
Junction, which is in the town of Hartford, Vermont. Here Tilden 
Seminary for young ladies is located, and has a most excellent repu¬ 
tation. By a bridge across the river connection is made at White River 
Junction with the Central Vermont Railroad, and with the Passumpsic 
River Railroad for the North. The wide intervales and broad meadows 
which are here met, are in pleasing contrast to the wilder country 
through which the Northern Railroad passes. 




Towns and Stations en Route—Continued 


CHAPTER VII. 

WHITE MOUNTAINS DIVISION. 

This was formerly the well and favorably known Boston, Concord, 
Montreal & White Mountains Railroad, and under the management of 
the Boston & Lowell Railroad maintains its former high efficiency, and 
has increased its facilities for the tourist and general travelling public. 
The first station is East Concord, two miles from Concord and seventy- 
seven from Boston; then North Concord, four miles beyond, both of 
which are in the limits of Concord, Merrimack County; then Canter¬ 
bury, nine miles from Concord and eighty-four from Boston, popula¬ 
tion 1,033. Four miles from the station is a large village, or family, of 
Shakers. Soon after passing the station a good view is had of Mount 
Kearsarge (in Andover and Warner), on the left. Northfield, N. H., 
is the next town, thirteen miles from Concord and eighty-eight from 
Boston, devoted to agricultural pursuits. 

Tilton, N. H. Eighteen miles from Concord and ninety-three 
from Boston. After traversing the town of Northfield, the train crosses 
the Winnipesaukee River, and enters this pleasant town. The semi¬ 
nary of the New Hampshire Conference of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church is seen upon the hillside, on the left. The town has prosper¬ 
ous manufacturing interests, and contains some handsome private 
residences. A short distance beyond the station is a charming summer 
house, built upon an island in the river. This was a gift to the town 
by Charles E. Tilton, Esq., as was also a new town hall, which contains 
the portraits of Samuel and Alexander H. Tilton, two former residents 
of the place, now deceased,—the father and uncle, respectively, of the 
generous donor. About a year since, Tilton was provided with a new 
and handsome station. Stages connect here for New Hampton and 
Gilmanton. 

East Tilton, N. H. A part of the last named town, twenty-two 
miles from Concord and ninety-seven from Boston. As East Tilton is 
approached, the first view of the Sandwich Range is gained, over a 
pond on the left. Sandwich Dome is the peak on the left; and in 
order, towards the right, are Tripyramid, Whiteface, Passaconoway, 
Chocorua and the Ossipee mountains. The railroad crosses the Win¬ 
nipesaukee River several times, and later skirts the shores of San- 
bornton Bay or Lake Winnisquam. Across the waters, on the left, a 
fine view is had of Mounts Moosilauke, Kineo, Cushman, Lafayette, 
Liberty and Tecumseh, together with some of the peaks already men¬ 
tioned. 




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Laconia, N. H. The shire town of Belknap County, and a flour' 
ishing and attractive place, twenty-seven miles from Concord and 
one hundred and two from Boston. There are extensive manufactur¬ 
ing establishments here, including car shops and machine shops. The 
Belknap Range is seen upon the right, while passing through this town. 
In skirting the shore of Round Bay, a glimpse is caught of Mount 
Washington. 

Lake Village, N. H. Situated partly in Laconia and partly in 
Gilford; twenty-nine miles from Concord and one hundred and four 
from Boston. This is a stirring place, with several manufacturing 
establishments. After passing Lake Village, the road crosses the out¬ 
let of Lake Winnipesaukee for the last time. Mount Belknap is seen 
on the right, close at hand; and farther away is the Ossipee Range, 
with Chocorua on its north slope. Por four or five miles the road 
traverses the shore of Long Bay, and across the water many fine 
glimpses of the mountains are had. 

The Weirs, N. H. Distance from Concord, thirty-four miles; 
from Boston, one hundred and nine. This is the landing place of the 
Lake Winnipesaukee steamer, “Lady of the Lake,” which runs in con¬ 
nection with all express trains. See special description. 

Meredith Village, N.H. In the town of Meredith, thirty-seven 
miles from Concord and one hundred and twelve from Boston. Pop¬ 
ulation 1,800. A bay or arm of the lake extends to the village on the 
right. Beyond the town, also on the right, Lake Waukawan, a charm¬ 
ing sheet of water, is seen, with the peaks of Moosilauke, Plymouth 
Mountain, Mount Prospect, Sandwich Dome, Tripyramid, Whiteface, 
and Passaconoway beyond. Another little lake is passed, and, still 
farther on, the railroad crosses Asquam River. 

Ashland, N. H. Porty-six miles from Concord and one hundred 
and twenty-one from Boston. Population 960. The village is seen 
upon the right; and beyond are Mount Prospect, Osceola, and the 
Sandwich Dome. This is the point of departure for the Asquam House, 
four miles distant. 

Plymouth, N.H. A half shire town of Grafton County, and one 
of the most important places upon the route. The distance from Con¬ 
cord is fifty-one miles, and from Boston one hundred twenty-six. At 
the imposing Pemigewasset House, passengers by all the day express 
trains stop for meals. The Pemigewasset Valley Branch diverges from 
the main line at Plymouth. The pleasant town is one of the great places 
of resort in the summer months. See special article on Plymouth. 

THE PEMIGEWASSET VALLEY BRANCH. 

The stations named below are upon the new Pemigewasset Valley 
Branch, above Plymouth, and all in Grafton County. 


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Livermore Falls. A flag station within the town of Campton 
and near the Livermore Falls, on the Pemigewasset River, two and one- 
half miles from Plymouth, fifty-three from Concord, and one hundred 
and twenty-eight from Boston. 

Campton. A flag station near Blairs, four miles from Plymouth, 
fifty-five from Concord, and one hundred and thirty from Boston. 
Population 1,163. 

Campton Village. This is the chief station in the town of 
Campton, seven miles from Plymouth, fifty-eight from Concord, and 
one hundred and thirty-three from Boston. Sanborn’s (in West Camp¬ 
ton), the Hillside House, Sunset Hill House, and numerous boarding 
houses scattered about Campton Tillage and its vicinity, are reached 
from this point, and also Greeley’s, in Waterville, ten miles distant, up 
the valley of Mad River. Carriages from Greeley’s will meet passen¬ 
gers, upon notification. One of the prominent objects seen while 
traversing this part of the route is the shapely mass of Welch 
Mountain, which rises to the height of 3,500 feet, north of the Mad 
River Talley. Mount Weetamoo is on the south side, and, like Welch 
Mountain, is often visited on account of its extended view. Up the 
Mad River Talley, Tripyramid and Sandwich Dome are to be seen. 
The town of Campton has, for many years, formed a favorite resort 
for artists. 

Thornton . This is a flag station, nine miles above Plymouth, sixty 
north of Concord, and one hundred and thirty-five from Boston. Pop¬ 
ulation 775. Mill Brook Cascades are in this town, and are visited 
either from here or from Campton Tillage. 

West Thornton. In the town of Thornton, thirteen miles above 
Plymouth, sixty-four from Concord, and one hundred and thirty-nine 
from Boston. There are several fine view points in this vicinity; the 
Franconia group of mountains standing out very prominently in the 
northern outlook. 

Woodstock. This station is sixteen miles from Plymouth, sixty- 
seven from Concord, and one hundred and forty-two from Boston. 
Population 367. Woodstock has an area of 33,350 acres, but is chiefly 
covered with forests, only some 2,600 acres being under cultivation. 
The country is very mountainous; and among the near elevations are 
Hatch, Hix, Russell, and Loon Pond Mountains on the right; while 
Cushman Mountain, Mount Waternomee, and the Blue Ridge rise far¬ 
ther away, upon the left. 

North Woodstock. The terminal station is reached twenty 
miles above Plymouth, seventy-one miles from Concord, and one hun¬ 
dred and forty-six miles from Boston. This point is near the junction 
of the east branch of the Pemigewasset with the mainstream, and near 
also the mouth of Moosilauke Brook, which empties from the west. 


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Upon the latter, about two miles distant, are the Agassiz Basins, which 
comprise one of the finest pieces of rock scenery in the Pemigewasset 
Valley. 

The Flume House. Prom North Woodstock, stages run in 
connection with all trains to the Plume and Profile houses. The Plume 
House is between five and six miles above North Woodstock, or twenty- 
six miles from Plymouth. 

The Profile House. The terminus of the stage line from North 
Woodstock, ten and one-half miles above the station at that place, and 
thirty-one miles from Plymouth. 

CONTINUATION OF THE MAIN LINE ABOVE PLYMOUTH. 

Rumney, N. H. Ascending the valley of Baker’s River, after 
leaving the Pemigewasset at Plymouth, this town is reached; fifty-nine 
miles from Concord, and one hundred and thirty-four miles from Bos¬ 
ton. Population 1,050. High hills rise on each side of the railroad. 
Mount Stinson is upon the right, and the Mount Carr Bange upon the 
left. Beyond them, in front, are mountains in the town of Ellsworth. 
Beyond Rumney, Rattlesnake Mountain is seen on the right. 

West Rumney, N. H. A station in Rumney, sixty-two miles 
from Concord and one hundred and thirty-seven from Boston. The 
Groton Hills are upon the left. 

Wentworth, N. H. This town, so named in honor of Governor 
Benning Wentworth, is sixty-seven miles from Concord and one hun¬ 
dred and forty-two from Boston. Population 939. North of Wentworth 
the road passes near Mount Carr, which is upon the right. 

Warren, N. H. This is a mountainous town, seventy-one miles 
from Concord and one hundred and forty-six from Boston. Population 
786. The Village lies parallel with the railroad. There are said to be 
more than one hundred brooks in the town, and upon some of them 
are picturesque cascades. The most picturesque of these streams is 
Hurricane Brook, which flows from Mount Carr. Various minerals 
have been found in the town, and at Ore Hill is an abandoned mine of 
silver-bearing lead. Shafts were at one time sunk on the slope of 
Mount Sentinel. North of Warren, the road ascends the short Mikas- 
eota or Black Brook Valley. While passing through Warren, and for 
many miles beyond, the massive form of Moosilauke, 4,811 feet in 
height, is seen upon the right. Mounts Carr, Waternomee and Ivineo 
are also upon the right, while Mount Mist and Webster’s Slide are 
upon the left. Prom here stages run to Mount Moosilauke. 

Warren Summit. The highest point upon the main line of the 
White Mountains Division, seventy-five miles from Concord and one 
hundred and fifty from Boston. The altitude of the road at this point 
is 1,063 feet above the level of the sea. Near the summit the train 
passes through a rock-cutting, three-quarters of a mile long, and, in 


places, sixty feet deep. This work required the labor of one hundred 
and fifty men for a year and a half, and cost oyer $150,000. As the 
descent toward the Connecticut Valley is commenced, the bold cliffs 
of Owl’s Head are seen upon the right. 

East Haverhill, N. H. The first of four stations located in the 
town of Haverhill, the half shire town of Grafton County, eighty miles 
from Concord and one hundred and fifty-five miles from Boston. Pop¬ 
ulation 2,455. The train descends to the northwest, near a stream 
known as Oliverian Brook. Two prominent mountains on the right 
are Black Mountain and Sugar Loaf; and, looking backward, the pas¬ 
senger sees the lofty ridge of Moosilaukc, with the hotel on the summit. 
These mountains remain in sight for several miles. 

Haverhill, N.H., and Newbury, Vt» This station is eighty- 
five miles from Concord and one hundred and sixty miles from Boston. 
The Connecticut Valley is here reached, and the views are exceedingly 
picturesque. The village of Haverhill is seen west of the railroad, and 
that of Newbury on the opposite side of the river, beneath the heights 
of Mount Pulaski. The shapely peak seen in the distance, down the 
river, is Mount Ascutney. 

North Haverhill, N. H. Distance from Concord, eighty-eight 
miles; from Boston, one hundred and sixty-three miles. 

Woodsvilie, N. H. A village in Haverhill, at the confluence of 
the Ammonoosuc River with the Connecticut, ninety-three miles from 
Concord, and one hundred and sixty-eight from Boston. 

Wells River, Vt. This station is on the Vermont side of the 
river, opposite Woodsville, and in the town of Newbury. The White 
Mountains express trains from and to Boston do not cross the Con¬ 
necticut, connection with the trains of the Passumpsic Railroad being 
made on the east side. The New York and Montreal trains, however, 
cross at this point. Wells River is the actual point of junction with 
the Passumpsic Railroad and also with the Montpelier & Wells River 
Railroad. 

Bath, N. H. On leaving Woodsville, Mount Gardner is upon the 
left. The near hills shut out the higher mountains for a considerable 
distance. Bath is a pleasant little town, ninety-eight miles from Con¬ 
cord, and one hundred and seventy-three from Boston. Population 
1,032. A substantial bridge spans the Ammonoosuc at this place, the 
village being chiefly on the opposite side from the station. 

Lisbon, N. H. The river is crossed beyond Bath; and Lisbon, 
one hundred and three miles from Concord, and one hundred and 
seventy-eight from Boston, is soon reached. Population 1,807. The 
village is chiefly upon the left. In this town, and in its neighborhood, 
gold mining has been carried on to a considerable extent. Stages leave 
this station for the Sunset Hill House. 


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North Lisbon, N. H. Distance from Concord one hundred and 
nine miles, and from Boston one hundred and eighty-four. 

Littleton, N. H. One of the principal towns upon the route, one 
hundred and fourteen miles from Concord, and one hundred and eighty- 
nine from Boston. Population 2,936. (See special article elsewhere.) 
Thayer’s Hotel is in the centre of the village, across the river on the 
left, and the Oak Hill House upon the heights beyond. The High 
School building is also a prominent object. Stages leave Littleton for 
Franconia, six miles distant. 

Wing Road, N. H. Within the limits of the town of Bethlehem, 
one hundred and nineteen miles from Concord, and one hundred and 
ninety-four from Boston. A fine view of Mount Lafayette and the 
Twin Mountains is had from the station. The White Mountains trains 
leave the main line here, and continue up the Ammonoosuc Valley to 
the following stations: 

THE MOUNT WASHINGTON BRANCH. 

Bethlehem Junction is four miles from Wing Road, one hund¬ 
red and twenty-three from Concord, and one hundred and ninety-eight 
from Boston. It is the connecting point with the Profile & Franconia 
Notch (narrow gauge) Railroad, which has lines running to Maplewood, 
Bethlehem Street, and the Profile House. 

Twin Mountain House. The station for the Twin Mountain 
House is eight miles from Wing Road, one hundred and twenty-seven 
from Concord, and two hundred and two from Boston. 

White Mountain House. The White Mountain House sta¬ 
tion is twelve miles from Wing Road, one hundred and thirty-one from 
Concord, and two hundred and six from Boston. 

Fabyan’s. This station, the most important railroad point in the 
mountain region, is thirteen miles from the Wing Road, one "hundred 
and thirty-two from Concord, and two hundred and seven from Boston. 
All Boston and New York express trains run to and from here, as do 
also the Mount Washington trains and trains for the Crawford House 
(four miles distant) and through the Crawford Notch. The Fabyan 
House is situated opposite the station, and the Mount Pleasant House 
is half a mile distant. 

Base of Mount Washington. A junction of the Mount 
Washington Branch and the Mount Washington Railway, nineteen 
miles from the Wing Road, one hundred and thirty-eight from Concord, 
and two hundred and thirteen from Boston. 

Summit of Mount Washington. Reached only by the Mount 

Washington Railway, which extends three miles from the base, twenty- 
two miles from the Wing Road, one hundred and forty-one from Con¬ 
cord, and two hundred and sixteen from Boston. 




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THE PROFILE AND FRANCONIA NOTCH RAILROAD. 

This is a narrow gauge line running from Bethlehem Junction to 
Maplewood, Bethlehem, and Profile House. The stations are as follows: 

Profile House, N. H. Distance ten miles from Bethlehem Junc¬ 
tion, or one hundred and thirty-three from Concord, and two hundred 
and eight from Boston. There are now two railway routes to the 
Profile House,— one from Plymouth, over the Pemigewasset Yalley 
Branch from Plymouth, and the other by this road. 

Maplewood, N. H. A station in Bethlehem for the Maplewood 
House, two miles from Bethlehem Junction, one hundred and twenty- 
five from Concord, and two hundred from Boston. 

Bethlehem, N. H. The station in Bethlehem, from which most 
of the hotels and boarding houses are reached, three miles from the 
Junction, one hundred and twenty-six from Concord, and two hun¬ 
dred and one from Boston. 

CONTINUATION OF THE MAIN LINE ABOVE THE WING ROAD. 

Whitefield, N. H. A town on the main line, one hundred and 
twenty-five miles from Concord, and two hundred from Boston. 
Population 1,828. The Whitefield & Jefferson Railroad runs hence to 
Jefferson. The extensive, mills of the Brown Lumber Company are 
near the station. The mountain formerly known as the Haystack, and 
recently named Mount Garfield, and several other high peaks are here 
seen upon the right. 

WHITEFIELD AND JEFFERSON RAILROAD. 

This road extends from Whitefield to Jefferson; the stations and 
distances being as follows :— 

Whitefield Village. Distance one mile from Whitefield, on the 
White Mountains Division, one hundred and twenty-six from Concord, 
and two hundred and one from Boston. 

Hazen’s Mills. A station in Whitefield, three miles from the 
junction, one hundred and twenty-eight from Concord, and two hun¬ 
dred and three from Boston. 

Cherry Pond. A station in the town of Jefferson, seven miles 
from Whitefield, one hundred and thirty-two from Concord, and two 
hundred and seven from Boston. 

Jefferson, N. H. The terminus of the road, ten miles from 
Whitefield, one hundred and thirty-five from Concord, and two hun¬ 
dred and ten from Boston. Population 951. 

CONTINUATION OF THE MAIN LINE ABOVE WHITEFIELD. 

Dalton, N.H. A small town, one hundred and twenty-nine miles 
from Concord, and two hundred and four from Boston. Population 
570. Prom Whitefield, through Dalton, the railroad follows the course 
of John’s River. 


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South Lancaster, N. H. In the town of Lancaster, one hun¬ 
dred and thirty-one miles from Concord, and two hundred and six from 
Boston. 

Lancaster, N . H . The shire town of Coos County,one hundred and 
thirty-six miles from Concord, and two hundred and eleven from Boston. 
Population 2,721. Coos is an Indian name signifying crooked, and was 
originally applied to that part of the Connecticut River upon which 
Lancaster and the towns north of it are situated. Rounding the Martin 
Meadow Hills, the train crosses the intervale, and once more approaches 
the Connecticut River. Lancaster itself is not mountainous, but it is 
surrounded by high hills. At the right are seen the dark masses of the 
Pilot Range, and on the Vermont side of the river are the beautiful 
Lunenburg Heights. Israel’s River empties into the Connecticut at 
Lancaster. The Lancaster House is a new and handsome hotel which 
has been erected on the site of a former hotel. 

Guildhall,Vt.(Northumberland Falls). Guildhall is in Ver¬ 
mont ; population 558 ; and the station is in the town of Northumberland, 
on the New Hampshire side of the Connecticut River, one hundred and 
forty-one miles from Concord, and two hundred and sixteen from Bos¬ 
ton. Population 1,062. In passing through Northumberland, a prom¬ 
inent elevation, Cape Horn, or Mount Lyon, is seen on the right, and 
the Percy Peaks in front. 

Groveton Junction, N.H. In the town of Northumberland, one 
hundred and forty-six miles from Concord, and two hundred and twenty- 
one from Boston. This is the point of junction with the Grand Trunk 
Railway. Passengers for Brunswick Springs, Colebrook, Connecti¬ 
cut Lakes, Dixville Notch, Lake Umbagog, or the Rangeley Lakes pro¬ 
ceed to North Stratford by rail, and thence by stage. 

VERMONT DIVISION. 

Scott’s. Two hundred and two miles from Boston, in the town 
of Dalton, N. H., where the junction is formed with the White Moun¬ 
tains Division. 

Lunenburg, Vt. Where the line crosses the Connecticut River 
from New Hampshire to Vermont, three miles frogi Scott’s, two hun¬ 
dred and twenty-five from Boston, and twenty-two from St. Johns- 
bury. Population 1,038. 

East Concord, Vt. In the town of Concord, eight miles from 
Scott’s, two hundred and ten from Boston and seventeen from St. 
Johnsbury. A country village, with a church and three stores. 

Miles’ Pond, Vt. In the town of Concord, ten miles from 
Scott’s, two hundred and twelve from Boston and fifteen from St. 
Johnsbury. A small village with a saw-mill and a store. 


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North Concord, Vt. In the town of Concord, fourteen miles 
from Scott’s, two hundred and sixteen from Boston and eleven from 
St. Johnsbury. A village, with a church and a store, from whence 
there is a stage line to Granby, and a branch railroad nine miles to the 
north into Victory, by which name it is known. A daily mixed train 
each way has a large lumber business and some passengers. 

West Concord, Vt. In the town of Concord, seventeen miles 
from Scott’s, two hundred and nineteen from Boston and twelve from 
St. Johnsbury. The population of the town is 1,612. West Concord 
is the largest village in the town, population 400, with two churches, 
several stores and a grist-mill. There are several good fish-ponds in 
the town. 

East St. Johnsbury, Vt. Twenty-one miles from Scott’s, two 
hundred and twenty-three from Boston and four from St. Johnsbury, 
of which town it is a part. 

St. Johnsbury, Vt. Twenty-five miles from Scott’s, via Scott’s 
two hundred and twenty-seven, and via Wells River two hundred and 
five, miles from Boston. Population of the town 5,800; St. Johnsbury 
village 3,360. The shire town of Caledonia County, having a beauti¬ 
ful location, many fine public buildings, the Fairbanks Scale Works, 
employing 800 men, two weekly newspapers and two good hotels, the 
St. Johnsbury House on the hill and principal street, and the excellent 
Avenue House near the railroad station. There is also a noble soldiers’ 
monument, and one of the best equipped academies in the state. 

At this point the Passumpsic River Railroad is crossed. 

Danville, Vt. Twelve miles from St. Johnsbury. Population 
2,003. A hilly town in which there are good fishing-ponds, including 
Joe’s, named for an Indian who lived on its shores. West Danville is 
a station in the same town. 

Walden, Vt. Twenty miles from St. Johnsbury. Populatior 
931. Pine views of the Green Mountains from its hills. There is e 
large pond within its limits, and a stage line to Cabot. 

Greensboro’, Vt. Twenty-eight miles from St. Johnsbury. 
Population 1,061. The railroad touches only the south-east corner of 
the town. It is a farming locality. Pour miles north of the station is 
Greensboro’ Pond, six miles long and four miles wide, full of speckled 
trout. This is the highest sheet of water in Vermont. From the sta¬ 
tion there is a stage line to Craftsbury. 

East Hardwick, Vt. Thirty-one miles from St. Johnsbury, and 
in the town of Hardwick. 

Hardwick, Vt. Thirty-five miles from St. Johnsbury. A pretty 
country town, with churches and stores. Population 1,484. 

Wolcott, Vt. Forty-one miles from St. Johnsbury. Population 
1,166. Stages run to North Wolcott and Albany. 


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Morrisville, Vt. Forty-nine miles from St. Johnsbury. Popula¬ 
tion 2,099. There is an excellent eating-house in the station. The 
village is a large and thrifty one, with manufactories, churches and 
stores, and here are the homes of ex-Gov. Ilendee and Judge II. H. 
Powers of the Supreme Court of the State. Near by is a camp-ground, 
where State temperance conventions are held. In the vicinity are fine 
views of natural scenery. Stages connect for Stowe and Mt. Mansfield. 

Hyde Park, Vt. Fifty-three miles from St. Johnsbury. Popu¬ 
lation 1,715. This is the shire town of Lamoille County. Just east of 
the station a fine landscape view to the south can be seen from the 
cars. Stages depart for North Hyde Park and Lowell. 

Johnson, Vt. Fifty-six miles from St. Johnsbury. Population 
1,495. A fine large village, with churches, stores and the State normal 
school. The surrounding scenery is very fine, while the farming region 
is excellent. 

Cambridge Junction, Vt. Sixty-four miles from St. Johns¬ 
bury. Population of town 1,750. Here connection is made with the 
Burlington & Lamoille R.R., of the Central Vermont system, for 
Essex and Burlington. The natural scenery of Cambridge is uncom¬ 
monly fine. The soil is very rich along the river valley. 

Fletcher, Vt. Seventy miles from St. Johnsbury. Population 
868. A good farming town. 

East Fairfield, Vt. Seventy-five miles from St. Johnsbury. In 
the town of Fairfield. A good farming region. A stage connects with 
Bakersfield. 

Fairfield, Vt. Seventy-eight miles from St. Johnsbury. Popu¬ 
lation 2,172. Some of the best land in the State, containing what is 
said to be the best farm in Vermont. The birth-place of ex-President 
Arthur. 

Sheldon, Vt. Eighty-three miles from St. Johnsbury. Popula¬ 
tion 1,529. Between Fairfield and Sheldon the Beach Creek is fol¬ 
lowed, and on its narrow winding stream, through beautiful meadows, 
a steam launch plies for parties in the summer season. Sheldon 
Springs are near by, and there are several good hotels, with churches 
and stores. It is quite a summer resort, and the region a very fertile 
one. Sheldon Junction, five miles beyond, is in the same town, and at 
this point the Missisquoi R.R. of the Central Vermont is crossed. 

East Highgate, Vt. Eighty-nine miles from St. Johnsbury. 
In the town of Highgate. 

Highgate, Vt. Ninety-one miles from St. Johnsbury. Popula¬ 
tion 2,088.. A good farming region. From the uplands there are fine 
views to the south-east of the Green Mountains. 

East Swanton, Vt. Ninety-five miles from St. Johnsbury. In 
the town of Swanton. 


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Swanton, Vt. Ninety-six miles from St. Joknsbury. Population 
3,079. This region was long a favorite place of abode for the Indians 
before the French came from Canada, or the English settled it. In 
1853 a remarkable discovery was made, which indicates that some Eng¬ 
lishman had wandered hither, probably from some exploring vessel, 
so early as 1564. The town is now a pleasant and thrifty one, with 
churches, schools, banks, stores, hotels and several manufactories. 

Maquam, Vt. Ninety-eight miles from St. Johnsbury. Is only 
a landing-place for the steamer and coal barges, with Hotel Champlain 
on the lake shore. Large quantities of coal are transhipped from canal 
boats to cars for points in northern Vermont. 


Important Places in Southwestern Hew Hampshire, 


CHAPTER VIII. 

AMHERST, N.H., AND MILFORD SPRINGS. 

Amherst is a pleasant rural town, forty-eight miles from Boston on 
the Keene Branch, which of itself has many attractions for summer 
residents desiring the quiet life of the farm house, but is specially im¬ 
portant as the railroad station for the celebrated Hotel Ponemah, at 
Milford Springs. 



HOTEL PONEMAH. 


Hotel Ponemah is about two miles south of Amherst station, which 
is its post-office. A stage-ride over a pleasant and good country road 
brings one to its beautiful location on a hill-top commanding a moun¬ 
tain and valley prospect of great beauty. The hill-sides and the vale 
near by are covered with a forest in which are some mammoth chest¬ 
nuts. This whole surface is full of springs, equally abundant in flow 
but of very different properties. The old Milford Springs House is 
near by, reminding one of the old-time taverns of New England. In 
its basement is the curb of the original spring which gave celebrity to 
this place. A tradition connects its discovery with the dream of a 





































dying boy, which many people faithfully accept; however that maybe, 
there is no doubt that many persons have experienced beneficial effects 
from using the waters. In one spring magnesia predominates; in 
another, iron; in a third, called “ The Ponemah Spring,” silica, oxide 
of iron, sulphate of soda, sulphate of potash, chloride of sodium, and 
magnesia. In the iron spring there is a large quantity of free carbonic 
acid gas. 

The hotel is new, supplied with all modern conveniences, and 
managed by Messrs. Barnes & Dunklee of the Hotel Brunswick of 
Boston, a sufficient guarantee of first-class service. To the west there 
is an elevation overlooking the hill on which the hotel stands, called 
Mount Pisgah, 600 feet high, from which a wide view of the country 
can be had, with the grand Temple range of mountains on the west, 
consisting of Pack-Monadnock, Temple, Kidder and other peaks, while 
between and over them the grander summit of Monadnock is seen on a 
clear day. Prom the top of the hotel a wide expanse of the Souhegan 
valley is seen, and beyond to the north Mount Yernon, and still further 
in that direction, three mountain peaks which challenge the beholder’s 
attention. That to the left is Joe English mountain, in New Boston, 
and the other two, The Un-ca-noo-nucks, “ a corruption of the Indian 
Wunnunnoogunash, the plural of Wunnunnoogun (abreast), ash being 
added to the singular to form the plural of inanimate nouns.” The 
aptness of the name will be seen at a glance. These latter are in Goffs- 
town and near Manchester. 

“ Grreen-tufted, oak-shaded, by Amoskeag’s fall, 

Thy twin Uncanoonucks rose stately and tall.” 

When old Pascagora, the Indian sage, had his dying vision, the 
braves of his Namaoskeag tribe were on these hills :— 

“ For all the warriors were away, 

Before the sun had brought the day 
To Uncanoonucks’ southern side. 

To sit in council for the tribe.” 

The Hotel Ponemah is so situated that every room receives sunlight 
at some hour of the day; and the outbuildings and stables are so far 
removed that there is an absence of flies. In the summer season a fast 
express train conveys passengers to Boston in an hour and a quarter, 
arriving there at 9.20 a.m., making only three stops on the way; and 
the return is as speedy, leaving Boston at 5.00 p.m. 


MILFORD AND MOUNT VERNON. 


Milford is a quiet but pleasant country town, two miles beyond 
Amherst, with many desirable farm-house boarding places. The 
village is an attractive and thrifty one, in which, on a high bluff over¬ 
looking the Souhegan River, there is a noble old mansion of many 


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corners, gables and bay windows, known as the Endicott House, in 
which boarders are received in the summer. It is an attractive place 
for those who enjoy summer life in a country village. Milford is also 
the railroad station for Mount Vernon, which is reached by a pleasant 
stage ride of four miles. Mt. Vernon is a fair sample of the retired and 



CONANT HALL, MT. VERNON. 


peaceful country village, and has many interesting characteristics that 
have brought to it each year an increased number of summer guests. 
The wide views of mountains and valleys it presents, its fine drives, 
and the generous fare supplied at its houses of entertainment easily 
account for its popularity. 

“The Grove,” “Purgatory ” and “ Lovers Lane” are local points of 
interest. 

PETERBORO’, N. H. 

This town and surrounding region has long been a favorite resort of 
summer boarders, and, now that the Boston & Lowell Railroad supplies 
facilities for reaching it at convenient hours, will attract still larger 
numbers. The place has a history, as well as natural attractions; it 
was originally called East Monadnock, from the grand mountain south¬ 
west of the town, of which Emerson has said : 

“Thepeople’s pride, the country’s core, 

Inspirer, prophet evermore; 

Pillar which God aloft had set 
So that men might it not forget.” 

It was first settled in 1738, by Scotch Presbyterians, who had to go 
twenty-five miles to Townsend, Mass., to get their corn ground. In 1750 
it suffered from Indian depredations, and Massachusetts, to which colony 















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it then belonged, built a block-house and supplied a guard of twenty 
men. John Ritchie was the first male child born in the town, February 
22, 1759, and died in the cause of freedom at Cambridge, during the 
siege of Boston, jn 1776. In 1760 the place was incorporated, and, like 
so many other New Hampshire towns, named for an English nobleman, 
Charles Mordant, Earl of Peterborough, the brilliant leader of theBrit- 
tish army in the war of the Spanish succession. The Nubanusit and 
Contoocook rivers unite in the centre village and then flow north. 
The valley and surrounding hills are very beautiful. Within recent 
years some of the old farms have been purchased by those who have 
greatly improved them, and some of the great, old farm houses have 
been enlarged and quaintly adorned. 

Tucker’s Hotel, in the village, is an excellent house at any season of 
the year, while there are many farm houses where good board can be 
had in the summer. Erom the sightly locations all the surrounding 
mountains are in full view, which led the philosopher-poet, above quo¬ 
ted, to exclaim: 

“ * Happy,’ I said, * whose home is here! 

Fair fortunes to the mountaineer! 

Boon Nature to his poorest shed 

Has royal pleasure-grounds outspread.’ ” 

The drives are one of the great features of the town; they may be 
along valley roads or over long hills, by the shaded river-side, or along 
the margin of ponds. Cunningham Pond, in the easterly part of the 
town, under frowning Peterboro’ (or “Pack Monadnock”) Mountain, 
is a favorite place for fishing and sailing parties, while- great berry- 
pastures lie beyond. 

There are numerous manufactories, ineluding a large shoe shop, near 
the railroad station. There arc five churches, a national bank, and a 
public library. No one will make a mistake who locates himself or 
family here for a short or long stay. The Boston and Lowell summer 
trains are so arranged that one may-leave here in the morning, have 
several hours in Boston in the middle of the day, and return before 
dark, which makes this region a desirable one for the families of busi¬ 
ness men. 

DUBLIN. 

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This noted place of summer residence is reached via the Harrisville 
station of the Keene Branch of the Boston & Lowell Railroad. It 
is on the water-shed between the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers, 
and contains beautiful Dublin Pond, over which, on the south, towers 
Monadnock, of which Ralph Waldo Emerson has written, 

“ I turned to Cheshire’s haughty hill 
******** 

On the summit as I stood, 

O’er the floor of plain and flood 
Seemed to me, the towering hill 
Was not altogether still, 

But a quiet sense conveyed; 

If I err not, thus it said :— 

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* Every morn I lift my head, 

Sec New England under spread, 

South from Saint Lawrence to the Sound, 

From Katskill east to the sea-bound. 

Anchored fast for many an age 

I await the bard and sage 

Who, in large thoughts, like fair pearl-seed, 

Shall string Monadnock like a bead.’ ” 

From the elegant mansions on the margin of the pond, the comfort¬ 
able farm houses, the bosom of the mountain lakelet, or from among 
the abundant blueberry bushes which skirt it, “ Cheshire’s haughty hill” 
can be seen in all his naked and massive grandeur. Perhaps there is 
not another mountain of its size in New England which is so bare; 
the whole upper portion is a ledge, and it stands out very clear against 
the sky. The view from its summit is extensive and pleasing; the 
climb up its sides not severe, but calling for good exertion. Whether 
Emerson spoke “of himself or of some other man” is not known, 
when he vividly said of climbing Monadnock— 

“ Pante up hither the spruce clerk 
From South Cove and City wharf, 

I take him up my rugged sides 
Half-repentant, scant of breath,— 

Bead-eyes my granite chaos show, 

And my midsummer snow; 

******** 

I scowl on him with my cloud, 

With my north-wind chill his blood; 

I lame him, clattering down the rocks; 

And to live he is in fear. 

When, at last, I let him down 
Once more into his dapper town, 

To chatter, frightened, to his clan, 

And forget me if he can. ” 

No one will be disappointed who makes a summer stay on the shores 
of Dublin Pond, or in any of the other localities in the vicinity of 
Monadnock, such as Marlboro’, Hancock or Peterboro’. 

NEWPORT, N. H. 

This is a favorite name for attractive summer resorts. If this New 
Hampshire town may not boast of such features as those places of 
similar name in Rhode Island and Vermont, it may yet present substan¬ 
tial attractions of its own. For many years it has drawn large num¬ 
bers of summer sojourners. It is the only shire town of Sullivan 
County, is on the line of the Concord & Claremont Branch of the Boston 
& Lowell Railroad, has a wide main street, a large common, excellent 
public buildings, five churches, numerous stores, factories, and two ho¬ 
tels. The village is pleasantly situated on sloping hills, between which 
flows Sugar River, the outlet of Lake Sunapee, only five miles distant. 
Surrounding it are numerous mountains, Bald, Coit, Blueberry Ledge 
and East mountains, while Croydon and Sunapee are only a little farther 
removed. Some of the finest maple-sugar orchards in the State are 


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found in this town, and about one mile south of the village is an apple 
tree which, over a hundred years ago, was brought from Connecticut. 
Elephant Rock, three miles distant, is a natural curiosity to which 
many parties drive; through the valley of Sugar River to Sunapee Har¬ 
bor is the Sunapee Lake road. Good teams can be had at very reason¬ 
able rates, and many families who board at farm-houses extract much 
pleasure from the use of the farm wagon and old, steady horse; 
mothers, nurses and children themselves driving, without fear, through 
the charming valley and over the pleasant hill, the roads and sights of 
which will remind one of Whittier’s lines :— 

“We held on sideling way above 
The river’s whitening shallows, 

By homesteads old, with wide-flung barns 
Swept through and through by swallows. 

By maple orchards, belts of pines 
And larches climbing darkly 
The mountain slopes, and, over all, 

The great peaks rising starkly. 
****** 

We paused at last where home-bound cows 
Brought down the pasture’s treasure, 

And in the barn the rhythmic flails 
Beat out a harvest measure.” 

Railroad connection is direct and convenient with Concord, N. H., 
and Boston, over the Boston & Lowell system, and it is only a few 
miles over the Concord & Claremont Branch to Claremont Junction 
and connection with the Connecticut River line for Southern New 
England and New York. 

Many who propose visiting Lake Sunapee will prefer coming to New¬ 
port first, and then locating on the lake at their leisure. The Newport 
House, favorably situated near the railroad station, has accommoda¬ 
tions for one hundred and seventy-five guests, has all modern con¬ 
veniences and is well conducted. 

SUNAPEE MOUNTAIN HOUSE. 

Six hundred feet higher than the surface of Lake Sunapee and over 
sixteen hundred feet above sea-level, on a beautiful round and fertile 
spur of Mount Sunapee, is the farm of Mr. Nathan S. Johnson, on 
which is the plain hotel called Sunapee Mountain House. It is only a 
large country home; but one of those into which people of refinement 
and quiet tastes love to go for a summer stay. The host is a Quaker 
gentleman; the atmosphere of the home is that of gentle Christian 
breeding and good literature; and the fare of the most substantial New 
England quality—the farm supplying everything needed, even to the 
wheat for the flour. The surrounding scenery is grand, and the view 
of Lake Sunapee the best to be had anywhere, while near mountains, 
the Sandwich Range and the cone of Mt. Washington, are in full view. 


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Near the house, and connected with a walk, is a cottage with a wide 
veranda, occupying a commanding site. This, and others like it soon 
to be built, supplies a suite of rooms for a family, and a most charming 
view of the lake below, so environed by high hills as to remind every 
Scotchman of his own celebrated Loch Katrine. The narrow southern 
end of the lake, with the steep wooded sides and rocky tree-covered 
islands, reminds one of “Ellen’s Isle,” as described in Sir Walter 
Scott’s “ Lady of the Lake” : — 

“ And farther as the hunter stray’d, 

Still broader sweeps its channels made. 

The shaggy mounds no longer stood, 

Emerging from entangled wood, 

But wave-encircled, seem’d to float, 

Like castle girdled with its moat. 

Tet broader floods extending still 
Divide them from their parent hill, 

Till each, retiring, claims to he 
An islet in an inland sea.” 

The railroad station is Mount Sunapee, on the Concord & Claremont 
section of the Northern Division of the Boston & Lowell Railroad. 
The post-office is Chandlerville, Merrimack County, N.H. Whenever 
notified in advance by mail, Mr. Johnson will meet guests and take 
them the mile up the mountain free of charge. 

LAKE VIEW HOTEL. 

This excellent hotel, a picture of which may 1 seen on page 78, has 
a fine location on the west side of Lake Sunapee, and overlooking its 
entire expanse. The view of Mount Sunapee and other mountains 
which shut in the basin, which include the long narrow south-east end 
of the lake, is a particularly attractive one; while, as Scott says of the 
Scottish Highland lake, so the sunset effect is seen from this western 
hillside: — 

“ One burnished sheet of living gold, 

Loch Katrine lay beneath him rolled.” 

The islands are in full view, the camp at Blodgett’s Shore on the 
east, and the wide upper expanse of the lake, New London on the 
opposite side, with the majestic peak of Kearsarge rising still farther 
to the east. The house was thoroughly overhauled and renovated last 
year, and managed with great acceptance by M. P. Courser, who will 
be the landlord for the season of 1886. 

The entire absence of mosquitoes, no hint of hay-fever, with the 
fine berries, lake fish and fresh farm supplies, give the place an excel¬ 
lent reputation. Communication with the outside world is over the 
high hill north-westward, from the summit of which is a superb view, 
to Sunapee Harbor and Sunapee post-office, or by boat on the lake from 
a landing in front of the hotel. 

On the hillside near this landing are the charmingly located cottages 
of Col. G. H. Dana, of Newport, one of which he occupies himself. 
These, with others near by on the main shore and on the neighboring 


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islands, constitute a considerable summer settlement, the beauty and 
comforts of which must be seen and enjoyed to be appreciated. 

A little farther south on the west shore, on a pretty bay, is the 
Wetherby farm, where there are some very good cottages sites. And 
the stone farm-house, furnished, with wood-pile and stable room, can 
be rented of Mr. George B. Wetherby, Sunapee, by month or season; 
who will also furnish farm supplies, all of the best. This place and 
its facilities can be commended. 

SUNAPEE, OR SUNAPEE HARBOR. 

This village is the centre of the town, and has several mills, two 
churches and the Runals House. The latter is near the steamboat 
landing, overlooking “ The Harbor,” which is a long deep bay crooked 
like a horn. Out of this bay flows the outlet of the lake. A large 
white farm-house overlooking the village is the home of Hon. William 
Sturoc, who, besides being an excellent farmer, sustains the reputation 
of being a literary man, whose poems have been published in both this 
country and Scotland, the latter the land of his nativity. 

NEWBURY SHORE. 

Newbury is a very mountainous town, with a sparse population. 
There is a little village about the south-east end of Lake Sunapee, at 
the railroad station and steamboat wharf. West of here, along the 
narrow southern end of the lake, is a fine shore, with alternating points 
and coves with beaches. On one of these points Mr. Nathaniel White, 
late of Concord, N.H., intended to erect a large hotel, for which he 
prepared the foundation. When this house is built, it will be one of 
the most attractive places about the lake. Both, west and north of 
Newbury station are some excellent cottage sites, and all about are 
wonderful berry pastures. 

NEW LONDON. 

This educational centre is situate on the uplands, and commands a 
very extensive view. The Colby Literary and Scientific Institution 
located here, is under the especial patronage of the Baptist denomina¬ 
tion, and is in a flourishing condition. The beautiful scenery of the 
place, together with the refinement of much of the society, brings many 
summer visitors. The place is reached by stages from Potter Place 
station on the Northern Division of the Boston & Lowell Railroad, 
or Bradford station, on the Concord & Claremont Branch of that 
road; and in summer, from Newbury station on the latter branch 
railroad, and thence by the steamer “Lady Woodsum,” on beautiful 
Lake Sunapee, which bounds the west side of the town. There are 
other fine sheets of water in the territory and numerous streams. 
There is a good hotel and several good boarding houses. The place 
is recommended to those who are glad to get away to a quiet inland 
and upland town. 



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CHAPTER IX. 

WINNIPESAUKEE. 

“ We had been wandering for many days 
Through the rough northern country. 

We had seen 

The sunset, with its bars of purple cloud, 

Like a new heaven, shine upward from the lake 
Of Winnipesaukee; and had felt 
The sunrise breezes, midst the leafy isles 
Which stoop their summer beauty to the lips 
Of the bright waters.” 





There is no mistaking the Amesbury barcl’s opinion of this lake re¬ 
gion ; and no visitor to the mountain region should neglect to make a 
voyage across the lake from the Weirs. Little or much time may be 
taken for this; for there are delightful places of sojourn at Centre 
Harbor, Wolfboro’, and on some of the islands. The excellent steamer, 
“Lady of the Lake,” which constitutes part of the Boston & Lowell 
line, is commanded by Captain Wadleigh, a courteous gentleman, whom 
to know is to respect, whose minute knowledge of the lake, its islands, 
with their history, and all the mountain peaks, is freely given, and 
makes the sail one of the most delightful imaginable. The steamer’s 
paddles, escaping steam and whistles awake many echoes among the 
hills, and reminds one of another of Whittier’s conceits,— 




“ And the hear on Ossipee 
Climbed the topmost crag to see 
The strange thing drifting under; 
And, through the haze of August, 
Passaconaway and Paugus 
Looked down in sleepy wonder.” 


By the present arrangements, the trip from Boston to Centre Harbor 
can be made in four and one-half hours, over the Boston & Lowell 
Railroad, in connection with the “Lady of the Lake.” If the visitor has 





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already been impressed by the fine view from the shore, the steamer voy¬ 
age will enhance his admiration tenfold. There is a constant succes¬ 
sion of charming views, in which the beautiful waters, the grace¬ 
fully rounded shores, the swelling hills upon the borders of the lake, 
the romantic islands, and the distant mountain peaks, combine in many 
entrancing pictures. 

The lake has an area of upwards of 71 square miles, exclusive of 
its 274 islands. Its shores are very irregular, and their line around the 
lake has an extent of no less than 182 miles; its length is about twenty- 
five miles and it varies in width from one to ten miles, and is in the 
counties of Belknap and Carroll. It is very irregular in form and is 
472 feet above the level of the sea. Several of its islands are large, and 
compose excellent farms of from 200 to 500 acres. There are no very 
large streams flowing into the lake, and it is supposed that a large part 
of the water supply comes from sub-aqueous springs. The largest 
streams which enter the lake are the Merry Meeting and Smith’s rivers, 
at the southern extremity; the other tributaries being short brooks, 
or the outlets of adjacent ponds. 

The derivation of the euphonious name is variously given, some 
claiming that Winnipesaukee means, in the Indian tongue, “ The Beauti¬ 
ful Water in a High Place; ” while others say its significance is, “ The 
Smile of the Great Spirit.” When one has viewed its beautiful expanse 
from one of the surrounding hills, either definition of the name will be 
accepted as eminently appropriate. 

Every one who has read Starr King’s “ White Hills,” is familiar with 
what Edward Everett has said of the beauty of Lake Winnipesaukee, 
beginning, “I have been something of a traveller in my own country.” 
Besides these well-known, if not trite, words, Dr. C. T. Jackson has 
written: ‘ ‘ But if our mountains cannot challenge comparison with the 
Swiss and Tyrolese Alps, if we have not the glaciers, with their wonder¬ 
ful variety and grandeur of form, we have lake and forest scenery, which 
for peculiar and bewitching beauty, may be pronounced unrivalled,— 
an immense sheet of pure and sparkling water enclosed in an amphi¬ 
theatre of mountains, from whose summits the dark foliage of a 
northern forest sweeps in one unbroken mass down to the very edge 
of the water, whose surface is dotted with innumerable islands, crested 
with the towering pines, whose dark mass is repeated in a crystal 
mirror. And first among our lakes is Winnipesaukee. The hand of 
man has done nothing to add to its charm : it cannot boast either the 
marble villas of Como, or the terraced islands of Lake Maggiore, cov 
ered with tropical foliage. Were it not for the smoke which here and 
there curls up from among the pines, the eye would hardly trace the 
presence of man from many points of its shores and islands. From 
the shore the range of vision is soon stopped by the islands, which 
can hardly be separated from each other in the dim distance; but, from 
the summit of any one of the numerous mountains which surround the 
lake, the whole extent of its surface is spread out like a map, and 



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glitters in the sunlight like a sheet of crystal sprinkled with emeralds.” 

On one of the numerous islands there lived for years, solitary and 
alone, an aged spinster, familiarly known as Aunt Dolly. In this wild 
and romantic spot, almost entirely cut off from the rest of the world, 
she lived in hermit independence, taking care of her few sheep, and 
occasionally rowing her own skiff to the main land. 

Centre Harbor, with two prominent hotels,—the Senter House and 
Moulton House,—and numerous boarding houses, has long been a 
favored summer resort. It is only ten miles distant from the Weirs 
by steamer. Red Hill, 2,043 feet high, is near the town. Its summit 
commands a magnificent view. 

From Centre Harbor stages run to Moultonboro’, Ossipee Mountain 
Park, Sandwich, Centre Sandwich, North Sandwich and South Tam- 
worth. 

Wolfboro’, another famed summer resort, is upon the eastern shore, 
nearly opposite the Weirs. There are a number of commodious hotels,— 
of which the Pavilion Hotel and the Glendon House are the largest,— 
and more than a dozen boarding houses. 

THE WEIRS. 

Situated on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee, with a grand outlook 
across its waters upon the high mountains beyond, is the station of the 
Weirs. In colonial times the Indians had fish-weirs here, in the shal¬ 
lows near the outlet of the lake, and caught shad. Once a year the 
Winnipesaukee tribe encamped about here, and passed weeks in feast¬ 
ing. The remnants of the old stone dams along which the nets were 
stretched remained long after the English came. Near by is the Endi- 
cott Rock, which was, in 1652, inscribed with Gov. John Endicott’s 
name and the initials of Edward Johnson and Simon Willard, the 
two officers sent by Massachusetts to find the head of the Merri¬ 
mack. This rock has been raised from its bed in the stream, at the 
point where it flows from the lake, and now most of it is above the 
surface of the water. The remains of the dam and the historic stone 
may be seen on the right, just before the train reaches the Weirs sta¬ 
tion. The Indians told the surveyors that the stream flowing from 
the lake was the true head of the Merrimack; but Passaconaway, in 
1659, informed Major Waldron that the name was applicable either to 
that stream or to the Pemigewasset. 

The Weirs of the present day is, in the summer-time, a place of very 
popular resort. A series of grove meetings—religious, temperance 
and military — attract thousands of visitors during the month of 
August; many coming from near points for a day only, while others 
encamp here, or sojourn in cottages or in the hotels, of which there 
are three, viz., the Hotel Weirs, the Lakeside House, and the Winne- 
coette House. As the traveller approaches the station from the south, 
the grove of the New Hampshire Veterans’ Association is on the left, 
and just beyond is the Hotel Weirs. A large building used as a meet- 


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ing place and. a dining hall by the Veterans is in the rear of the hotel, 
and the Winnecoette House still farther up the hill. Ten Grand Army 
departments have roomy and convenient cottages, five having 
been built the present season. A new and tasty building for head¬ 
quarter offices has also been built near the railroad station and steam¬ 
boat landing. The latter has been extended one hundred feet over the 
water, the past season, and upon it a much-needed and-well-appointed 
restaurant built, which the travelling public will find ready to supply 
all needs or reasonable wants; being built on an elevated platform, 
over the waters of the lake, it will be found a delightfully cool and 
pleasant place in which to obtain refreshment,—the waters, shores and 
islands, with the majestic surrounding mountains, being in full view. 
The grove where most of the religious gatherings are held is on the 
right, just beyond the station, and between the railroad and the lake. 
Additional land on the left of the railroad has also been purchased, and 
a new church thereon is proposed. A skating rink was built on the hill 
west of the station last year, which is conducted on strictly temperance 
principles, which is true of all the place. The steamboat wharf is 
near the station; and the steamer “Lady of the Lake,” which plies 
between this point and the two famous resorts at the head of the 
lake, and on the eastern shore,— Centre Harbor and Wolfboro’,— con¬ 
nects with all the day express trains. 

In the view from The Weirs, the Ossipee Mountains, culminating in 
Mt. Shaw, are seen to special advantage. On their left is the sharp 
peak of Chocorua, and stretching away from them in the same direction 
are Paugus, Passaconaway, White Face, Tripyramid, and Sandwich 
Dome or Black Mountain, in the order here given. Nearer is Bed Hill, 
just back of Centre Harbor. A little distance above The Weirs, Mt. 
Washington is for a moment visible. 

The landscapes and water views from any spot about the Weirs are 
remarkably fine, but are especially so from Captain Wadleigh’s home, 
on the hill to the right of the Weirs, or from the hotel piazzas; the 
sunset views are a special feature. This whole region is a favorite 
with the Quaker poet who has written— 

“ The shadows round the inland sea 
Are deepening into night; 

Slow up the slopes of Ossipee 
They chase the lessening light. 

Tired of the long day’s blinding heat, 

I rest my languid eye, 

Lake of the Hills! where cool and sweet 
Thy sunset waters lie! 

Along the sky, in wavy lines, 

O’er isle and reach and bay, 

Oreen-belted with eternal pines, 

The mountains stretch away. 

Below, the maple masses sleep 
Where shore with water blends, 

While midway on the tranquil deep 
The evening light descends. 


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So seemed it when yon hill’s red crown 
Of old, the Indian trod, 

And, through the sunset air looked down, 

Upon the Smile of God.” 

The “red crown” refers to Red Hill, north of the lake, not far from 
Centre Harbor, which is 2,043 feet high, and commands a magnificent 
view. The “ Smile of God” refers to the supposed meaning of Win- 
nipesaukee, referred to in a preceding paragraph. 

OSSIPEE MOUNTAIN PARK. 

“ The topmost crag” of Ossipee formerly went by the homely, if ex¬ 
pressive, name of “ Black Snout.” * At a March meeting, in 1882, the 
citizens of Moultonboro’ changed it to “Mount Shaw,” in honor of Mr. 
B. F. Shaw, of Lowell, who has a large estate in a remarkably beauti¬ 
ful glen, nearly a third of the way up its grand side, known as Ossipee 
Mountain Park. It contains 5,000 acres, in which there is every desir¬ 
able beauty of crag, forest and cascaded stream. 

Yielding to pressing importunities, the owner has consented to share 
its beauties with others, and has opened it to the public. 

“ The Hall” is situated in the midst of a lawn of seven acres, on the 
edge of a plateau 800 feet above the waters of Winnipesaukee. 

There is a brook through the premises which reminds one of Long¬ 
fellow’s description of another, not far off: — 

“At first, resembling 
A little child, that all alone 
Comes venturing down the stairs of stone, 

Irresolute and trembling. 

Later ****** 

Out of the forest dark and dread, 

Across the open fields it fled 
Like one pursued and haunted.” 

The stream, known as the Weelohka, has a descent of 250 feet in its 
mile through the park, and a remarkably beautiful cascade with a fail 
of 49 feet. The “ramble” along this brook and over its rustic bridges, 
which cross and recross it, is the delight of visitors. There are five 
miles of woodland paths, and from the vistas cut at various points, and 
from a crag 126 feet higher than “The Hall,” known as “Crowds Nest,” 
most -wonderful sunset views maybe had; Moosilauke on the west, and 
Kearsarge and Monadnock at the south-west, being included in the vast 
landscape. The poet Whittier is one of those most enamored with 
this place, and from here might have written his well-known lines :— ■ 

“First a lake 

Tinted with sunset; next the wavy lines 
Of far receding hills; and yet more far, 

Monadnock lifting from his night of pines 
His rosy forehead to the evening sun.” 

* A substantial lookout has been erected on this summit, forty -four feet in height. 
The platform is 3,000 feet above sea level. A good and easy path leads up from the Hall. 
The view is pronounced the grandest of lake and mountain scenery in all New England. 





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This uncommon resort is in the town of Moultonboro’, N.H., and is 
reached from Weirs Station by the steamer “Lady of the Lake” to 
Centre Harbor v where-a stage awaits her noon-trip arrival. The stage 
passes through the villages of Moultonboro’ Mills and Corner to the 
“Park.” This stage drive is notable for the excellent views it supplies 
of the finest of all the mountain ranges, Sandwich Dome, Tripyramid, 
Passaconaway, Chocorua and Whiteface coming successively into sight. 
At one place the road winds around the face of the acclivity 300 feet 
above the highway at its base, supplying a wonderful view of the lake. 

The Hall is home-like, with all sanitary appointments. The table is 
supplied from the farm and dairy. As a retreat for rest without mo¬ 
notony, this highland glen is commended. Sulphur and chalybeate 
springs are here found. Communications addressed to B. F. Shaw, 
Lowell, Mass., receive earliest attention. Application should be made 
in advance of arrival, as there is no village to accommodate “over¬ 
flow.” 

SQUAM LAKES AND ASQUAM HOUSE. 

Lying west and north-west of Winnipesaukee are the Squam lakes, 
of which there are three. They may be reached via steamer “Lady of 
the Lake” from The Weirs to Centre Harbor, and thence by carriage 
over a delightful road some seven miles. But the most direct route is 
by rail to Ashland, and thence by stage or mountain wagon to Shepherd 
Hill, which rises eight hundred feet in the centre of the land dividing 
the three lakes. On this immense round hill of rock, partly covered 
with soil, is situated the popular Asquam House. This hill has long 
enjoyed an enviable reputation for the grandeur and beauty of the view 
as seen from its summit. It is here that Whittier’s poem, “The Hill- 
Top,” has its location; and in it he wrote :— 

“ I felt the cool breath of the North; 

Between me and the sun, 

O’er deep, still lake, and ridgy earth 
I saw the cloud-shades run. 

Before me stretched for glistening miles, 

Lay mountain-girdled Squam; 

Like green-winged birds, the leafy isles 
Upon its bosom swarm. 

‘A good look off,’ the driver said; 

******* 

A lady, who, from Thornton Hill, 

Had held her place outside 
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Besought me with so sweet a smile, 

That—although I hate delays— 

I could not choose but rest awhile.’ ” 

And there are few people “with soul so dead” that they would not 
involuntarily stop when 

“ The top-stone, bare and brown,” 

of this grand hill is reached. The “ bare and brown” ledge is exposed 
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several acres in extent, lias only an occasional tree; but just below the 
summit, round the sides, are bushes and forest trees; thus leaving the 
round crown of the great hill as that of a bald-headed man with his 
encircling locks below! The scene spread before one, as he stands on 
this elevation, is such that it will not do to dwell upon, for fear of 
being accused of exaggeration. It is sufficient to say that it is the 
favorite view of our beloved Quaker poet; and every summer he comes 
to review it. On the north side of the hill, under the trees, from a 
rustic bench on a broken ledge, “the Bard of Liberty” secures his 
particular delight. It is a view through a narrow vista, made by the 
pines, birches and poplars, out upon the lake far below; several of the 
islands are seen, and away beyond the lake, 

“There towered Chocorua’s peak,” 

as he originally saw it; its green base and high white horn filling the 
vista, as through the latter was a frame for the view. The Rev. Mr. 
Nichols, of Christ Church, Hartford, Conn., is to build a cottage on 
these “ Whittier’s Rocks” this season; Captain Bunce, of the U. S. 
Navy, has one near by, and a few others are located on the eastern 
slope of the hill. From the hotel veranda, or its tower, the whole 
basin and surrounding mountains can be seen at a glance. 

SUNAPEE LAKE. 

This beautiful sheet of water is in a basin at the height of land that 
divides the waters of the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers, and bor¬ 
ders the eastern part of Sullivan and the western part of Merrimack 
counties, and is surrounded by the towns of Newbury, New London 
and Sunapee. It is about ten miles in length, and from one-half to one 
and a half miles in width. High hills and mountains surround it on all 
sides,—Sunapee, Croydon and Grantham, and grand Kearsarge being 
among its mountain sentinels, while Ascutney, in Vermont, is in sight 
over the lower western elevations. Numerous beautiful, wooded islands 
add charm to the surface, while the irregular shape of the lake 
gives many projections of land and indentations of water supplying 
the most favorable locations for cottages and camping places. Tradi¬ 
tion says that this was a favorite lake of the red men, and that here 

“ Strode, wild and free, the daring Algonquin; 

And where, perchance, the stately Metacom 
Inspired his braves, with that poetic strain 
Which cheer’d the Wampanoags, hut cheer’d in vain.” 

The name Sunapee is derived from the Algonquin words Suna 
and apee , meaning goose-water, showing that this was a favorite resort 
of the wild geese, which gave it an additional attraction to the Indian, 
and this fact will remind many of Whittier’s lines —• 

“ Still let thy woodlands hide the hare, 

The shy loon sound his trumpet-note; 

Wing-weary from his fields of air, 

The wild-goose on thee float.” 




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The west shore is generally bold, while on the east shore there are 
several beaches of fine, white sand. At various points around the lake, 
and on some of the islands, settlements of summer cottages have 
sprung up, including Pine Cliff, Camp Comfort, Blodgett’s Landing, 
Great and Liberty islands, and the shore near the Lake View House. 
This latter is situated on a prominent spot overlooking the lake in its 
whole expanse, and giving a fine view of the surrounding mountains, 
and of the town of New London, on the east side. 

Additions and improvements the past season will increase the com¬ 
forts and conveniences of this well-known and well-appreciated house; 
the points of attraction being its elevation, wide views of lake and 
mountains, pure water and air, excellent table, pure milk from the fine 
herd of cows, and produce from the surrounding farm, with com¬ 
fortable nights, convenient access to the steamer dock, and regular 
connection with the trains at Newbury station, and telephone connec¬ 
tion with Newport, the shire town of Sullivan County. 

At Sunapee Harbor is the outlet of the lake by Sugar River, on which 
are many manufactories. Near by is the excellent Runals House, the 
postoffice of Sunapee, and churches. This is also the home of the 
companionable and versatile Scotchman, William C. Sturoc, Esq., 
thoroughly acquainted with the history of all the region, whose lines 
we have already quoted, and whose nativity will account for his use of 
the word “Ben” for mountains, and reference to Scotland’s fair 
Katrine, in the following lines, published in the volume of New Hamp¬ 
shire Poets:— 

“ Sweet G-ranite ‘ Katrine ’ of this mountain land! 

Oh jewel set amid a scene so fair! 

Kearsarge, Ascutney, rise on either hand, 

While Grantham watches with a lover’s care, 

And our dark “ Ben ” to Croydon sends in glee, 

A greeting o’er thy silvery breast, Lake Sunapee.” 

"The dark “Ben” is Mount Sunapee, on the south. The waters of the 
lake are peculiarly clear and free from all organic matter, and well 
stocked with black bass, land-locked salmon, pickerel, perch and other 
fish. There is a staunch steamer, called the “Lady Woodsum,” which 
plies regularly, morning and night, connecting with the trains, and can 
be chartered at reasonable rates for excursions during the day; another, 
and larger boat, named Edmund Burke, has recently been put on these 
waters, to accommodate the increasing excursion business. 

When the Middlesex Canal, between Boston and Lowell, was pro¬ 
jected, in 1793, the Hon. James Sullivan, Judge of the Massachusetts 
Supreme Court, and afterwards Governor, conceived that, via the 
Middlesex Canal, the Merrimack and Contoocook rivers, a canal con¬ 
necting with Lake Sunapee, then its outlet, Sugar River, to the Con¬ 
necticut at Claremont, and thence by streams, in northern Vermont, 
water communication might be had with the St. Lawrence and the 
great lakes; but when the exploring engineers found that Sunapee 
Lake was more than 820 feet higher than the mouth of Sugar River at 


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its junction with the Connecticut, and the same at the outlet of the 
Qontoocook into the Merrimack, the project was abandoned. 

^Liberty Island, in the middle of the lake, connected by small islands 
and bridges with the main land near the Lake View House, is nearly 
1.880 feet long; Great Island contains about 75 acres, and its north end 
is a high ledge; Gardner’s Island, between the two former, containing 
an acre, is the prettiest of all, and the best site for a nice cottage. 

MASCOMA LAKE. 

This lake, lying partly in Lebanon and partly in Enfield, is about 
five miles in length, and averages about a third of a mile in breadth. 
The scenery, as viewed from the lake, is very beautiful—lying as it 
does in the midst of high hills—with a varied landscape of forests, 
cultivated lands and distant mountain peaks. 

* * * O’er no sweeter lake 

Shall morning break or noon-cloud sail,— 

No fairer face than thine shall take 
The sunset’s golden vail.” 

On the southerly side of the lake are the buildings and rich lands of 
the Enfield Shakers. Within a few years the shore of the lake has 
become the resort of summer camps; some families occupying rustic 
cottages and others tents. Still more cottages and a boarding house 
are now projected. A small steamer sails upon the lake in the summer 
months, connecting with the trains at East Lebanon and Enfield, and 
taking parties to the various cottages and camps. The waters are 
stocked with black bass and pickerel, inviting the skill of the fisher¬ 
man, and often handsomely rewarding him. From the surrounding 
hills fine views may be had of the Green Mountains, and, from some 
points, of the White Mountains, while Mount Cardigan, 3,156 feet 
high, is only about fourteen miles away. 

The name Mascoma is derived from two Indian words : namos , fish, 
and com , water or pond. The first sylable na has been dropped and a 
added for euphony: thus Mascoma; the emphasis being on the first 
syllable. The Manchester name of Amoskeag is essentially the same 
word; Na-mos-keag , meaning fish place; and the Canadian river, Ya- 
maski, is of the same derivation. 

There is geologic evidence that formerly the lake was much larger, 
and some convulsion of nature rent the outlet at East Lebanon, which 
is very narrow; more recently, by the hand of man, a dam across the 
gorge outlet has partly restored the old level of water. It lies in two 
basins, and a causeway with drawbridge divides the two parts. Great 
quantities of white lilies are seen in the border of the lake, along 
Which the main line of the Northern Division is located. 

NEWFOUND LAKE. 

This mountain lake, seven miles long and three miles wide, lies in 
the towns of Bristol, Bridgewater and Hebron, and is reached by the 


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Bristol branch of the Northern Division of the Boston & Lowell Rail¬ 
road from Franklin, N. H. Up to the present time it has been little 
known to the outside world, but is sure to be a favorite resort when 
the public come to appreciate its advantages. It is now resorted to by 
many camping parties. The distance from Bristol to the principal 
camping place is between four and five miles, over a good road, as¬ 
cending most of the way. The population about the lake is sparse, 
but kindly disposed toward responsible and respectable campers. The 
farmers readily supply teams for transportation. The principal fish are 
chub, perch, pickerel, black bass, lake trout and land-locked salmon. 



NEWEOIXND LAKE. 


The lake is surrounded by very high hills, and there are three moun¬ 
tains at the northerly end. There are quite a number of islands, mostly 
covered with wood, supplying camping retreats; Little Belle Island 
being a favorite place. There is a good supply of both sail and row 
boats. The shores have all the characteristics of the mountain lake, 
being bold and precipitous in some places, and at others low and sandy. 
Off Sugar Loaf Mountain, 180 feet of line is required for fishing, so 
deep is the water. A very good house, called the Lake Yiew Hotel, is 
located near the waters, in Bridgewater. Many of the farmers about 
the lake take boarders, and many pleasant places may be found for a 
long or short stay. At many points there are pastures where great 
quantities of berries may be gathered. Those who have camped and 
boarded here speak in high terms of praise of the locality. It has the 
charm of great quietness and hill-country scenery. 

“ Long be it ere the tide of trade 
Shall break with harsh-resounding din 
The quiet of thy banks of shade 
And hills that fold thee in.” 








LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG. 


Newport, Yt., which may be reached in a short ride from the moun¬ 
tains, or by the Montreal & Boston Air Line express trains, is upon 
the northern verge of Vermont, and at the head of the beautiful Lake 
Memphremagog. The Memphremagog House is a large and finely ap¬ 
pointed hotel, which attracts crowds of fashionable visitors in the 
summer season, and is under the management of Mr. W. F. Bowman, 
which is a guarantee of its excellence. The railway station, steamboat 
landing and hotel are contiguous; and the hotel piazzas command a 
magnificent view of the lake and the neighboring mountains. A promi¬ 
nent object seen on the west shore of the lake, about a dozen miles 
distant, is Owl’s Head. This mountain, on account of its isolated 
position, becomes a picturesque feature in the landscape, while its 
summit commands a magnificent view of the lake and the surround¬ 
ing country. There are many fine rambles and drives in and about 
Newport; and excursions upon the lake by steamer, sail-boat and 
row-boat, form another source of pleasure. Newport is upon the 
direct Montreal & Boston Air Line, the South Eastern Railway form¬ 
ing here a junction with the Passumpsic Railroad. This latter road 
also has a line running north to Sherbrooke, and, in connection with 
the Grand Trunk Railway, to Quebec. 

THE CONNECTICUT LAKES. 

The Connecticut Lakes, the head waters of the Connecticut River, 
like the Rangely Lakes, furnish rare sport for the angler; and the sur¬ 
rounding forests abound in game, including deer and lordly moose. 
A pleasant carriage ride of twenty-five miles from Colebrook, along 
the valley of the Upper Connecticut, and through West Stewartstown, 
Canaan (Yt.), and Pittsburgh, will bring one to the lower and largest of 
the three lakes. There is a cosey hotel here, the Connecticut Lake 
House. The lower lake covers about three square miles, and has an 
elevation of 1,618 feet; the second lake has an elevation of 1,852 feet; 
and the third lake, of 2,058 feet. 

A trip of about twelve miles east from the first Connecticut Lake, 
over an old logging road and bridle path, leads to Parmachenee Lake. 


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CHAPTER X. 

PLYMOUTH AND THE PEMIGEWASSET HOUSE. 

In the mind of the traveller these two names are'synonymous. When 
the town is mentioned, visions of a neat, capacious, finely appointed, 
and splendidly kept hotel arise; and, if the hotel is referred to, a 
beautiful town surrounded by hills, watered by the winding Pemige- 
wasset River, and with pleasant and inviting country roads stretching 
out over hill and through dale, comes into being. The Court House, 
the Normal School building, and several churches, are the most prom¬ 
inent edifices besides the hotel. The old Court House, now a librarj^ 
building, in rear of the present Court House, is the one in which Daniel 
Webster made his first plea. It was removed from the south part of 
the village. The Pemigewasset intervales, at Plymouth, are broad and 
very picturesque, and scattered over them are many beautiful elm 
trees. Mount Prospect, formerly known as North Hill, is in the 
neighboring town of Holderness, between four and five miles from 
Plymouth. The view T from the top is very grand, embracing as it does 
the neighboring lakes and great numbers of mountain peaks. Liver¬ 
more Palls, between two and three miles above Plymouth, are in a 
rocky defile of the Pemigewasset River. They will well repay a visit, 
as will also the New Hampshire and Massachusetts State fish-hatching 
establishment near by 

The Pemigewasset House has long been one of the most popular of 
the mountain hotels, by reason of both its pleasant situation and its 
high standard. The building has a frontage of 220 feet, is four stories 
in height, and its rooms are especially spacious, airy and comfortable. 
The halls are commodious; and the dining room, from necessity, is a 
large apartment. Every railway traveller, as well as the summer 
visitor who tarries long within its walls, feels a personal interest in 
this popular hotel, for the reason that it is the chief dining station on 
the route going either north or south. 

THE PEMIGEWASSET VALLEY AND FRANCONIA NOTCH. 

The opening of the Pemigewasset Valley Branch, in 1883, marked a 
new era in White Mountain travel. Hitherto the traveller, upon his 
arrival at Plymouth, had the choice presented him, if he intended go¬ 
ing to the Profile House, of pursuing his farther journey by stage (a 
distance of thirty miles), or of continuing by rail via Bethlehem Junc¬ 
tion, and thus entering that famous retreat from the north. The only 
means of reaching any of the numerous hotels and boarding houses 








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along the beautiful valley were furnished by stage. These limited 
facilities prevented many persons from taking one of the most delight¬ 
ful journeys afforded in the whole round of mountain travel. The 
Pemigewasset Yalley has always been a favorite haunt of artists and 
the lovers of Nature. The approach to the high mountains of the Fran¬ 
conia Range furnishes a constant succession of beautiful landscapes. 
In many places the valley broadens into pleasant intervales, where the 
river winds amid luxuriant meadows, while the dark hills rise on either 
side. In the blue distance, up the long vista, are seen the bold out¬ 
lines of Mounts Lafayette, Lincoln, Liberty, Flume, Pemigewasset, 
Cannon, and Kinsman. A turn in the road brings before one a new and 
charming picture, the mountain forms about the Franconia Notch be¬ 
coming more and more distinct. There are several little villages, and 
numerous farm houses, scattered through the valley; and, as might be 
expected, the most attractive and commanding situations have been 
chosen for hotels and boarding houses. At Campton a view opens to 
the right, up the Mad River Yalley, which so fascinated Longfellow, 
and the wildness of whose stream inspired him to write— 

“ ‘ Why dost thou so wildly rush and roar, 

Mad River, O, Mad River? 

Wilt thou not pause and cease to pour 
Thy hurrying, headlong waters o’er 
This rocky shelf forever?’ 

• I heard the distant ocean call, 

Imploring and entreating; 

Drawn onward, o’er this rocky wall 
I plunged, and the loud waterfall 
Made answer to the greeting. 

And now, beset with many ills, 

A toilsome life I follow; 

Compelled to carry from the hills 
These logs to the impatient mills 
Below there, in the hollow. 

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Men call me mad, and well they may, 

When, full of rage and trouble, 

I burst my banks of sand and clay, 

And sweep their wooden bridge away, 

Like withered reeds or stubble.’ ” 

The debris along the Mad River and Pemigewasset valleys, with the 
wash of sand and stones over many a meadow, plainly shows what 
torrents sometimes pour down these streams when spring thaws or 
summer rains overfill them. At North Woodstock the east branch of 
the Pemigewasset enters, coming from a pass through the mountains 
which leads direct to Fabyan’s, and along which it is proposed to some 
day extend the railroad now terminating at this point, which would 
much shorten the distance to the heart of the mountains. There is a 
foot-path through this valley at present, and good trout streams abound. 


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From being a place of no special importance, before the opening of 
the railroad, North Woodstock has come into great favor with sum¬ 
mer sojourners. Having easy rail connection to the South, and be¬ 
ing within ten miles of the Profile, with all the Franconia Notch 
attractions between, with a fine, wide valley, numerous side valleys, a 
multitude of trout brooks, as yet but little fished, and with mountain 
views on all sides, its houses were crowded last season. Increased 
accommodations will await the larger number of visitors sure to come 
this year. While the east branch valley leads to Fabyan’s, from the 
west flows the Moosilauke Brook, on which is the Agassiz Basin which 
has some remarkable rock scenery. Through this valley a path only 
eight miles long leads to Moosilauke Mountain. There is a point on 
this path where nearly all the Presidential Range and many other grand 
mountains can be seen. 

From North Woodstock to the Profile House a gap of between ten 
and eleven miles remains to be traversed by stage. The railroad ride 
presents a magnificent series of views throughout its whole extent, 
and renders a journey expeditious that was formerly, from necessity, 
slow; but there are few travellers who will regret the fact tnat the 
stage-coach has been left to perform a part of the trip, and a part where 
the visitor would the more willingly linger. The stage outfit is of the 
best description, and the ride from the terminus of the railroad up 
through the Franconia Notch is delightful. 

The valley towns passed through on the railroad journey, after leav¬ 
ing Plymouth, are Campton, Thornton and Woodstock. Each of these 
places presents rare attractions for the summer sojourner; and Camp- 
ton, more especially, is liberally provided with boarding houses. The 
upper part of the valley is mainly a wilderness, with but few houses 
until the Flume and Profile Houses are reached. 

THE STAGE RIDE. 

Gaining a seat in or upon one of the fine stage-coache» which ply 
between North Woodstock and the Profile House, the traveller drinks 
in the pure mountain air, and feasts his eyes upon new visions of 
beauty. Soon after leaving North Woodstock, the road crosses Har¬ 
vard Brook, upon which the Georgiana Falls are situated, between one 
and two miles distant. The valley has now narrowed; and the dark 
mountain ridges crowd upon either side, with here and there a little 
intervale of field and meadow, or forest tract. Little Coolidge, Big 
Coolidge, and the Potash Mountains rise upon the right; Pemigewas- 
set Mountain on the left; while in front are the bold forms of Mounts 
Flume, Liberty, Lincoln and Lafayette. Only one or two houses are 
seen, until the Flume House, about half way on the road to the Profile 
House, is reached. This is a large and pleasant hotel, which has re¬ 
cently been much enlarged. It is in proximity to those great natural 
wonders, the Flume and the Pool, which, however, can best be visited, 
when time can be given, in a special excursion from the Profile House, 




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unless the visitor intends 
to make the Flume House 
his stopping place. Both 
hotels are under the same 
management. The Flume is 
upon Flume Brook, a mile dis¬ 
tant; and the Pool, upon the 
Pemigewasset River, half a mile 
distant by a pleasant pathway through the forest. Pemigewasset 
Mountain, a high spur of Mount Kinsman, rises in rear of the Flume 
House. The view from the summit towards the superior peaks on 
the opposite side of the valley, and of the valley southward, is very 
fine. The peaks on the east side of the valley form the profile called 
“Washington lying in State;” Mount Liberty serving as the face, 
with its highest ridge as the nose. From the Flume House to the 
little plateau on which the Profile House is situated „ there is an 












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ascent of 543 feet; and the road winds through the forest, with fre¬ 
quent glimpses of the high beetling cliffs on either side. The pass is 
in places very narrow. The Pemigewasset Biver, here a tumbling, 
rapid stream, is crossed a little distance above the Plume House; and 
the Basin is beside the road a mile farther on. The frowning southern 
cliffs of Cannon or Profile Mountain are seen in front for some distance, 
while Eagle Cliff rises as the eastern wall of the Notch; and when the 
beautiful little Profile Lake is nearly passed, and the Profile House 
nearly reached, the rugged features of the famous profile itself comes 
plainly into view. Out of the placid little lake, now at one’s feet, flows 
the Pemigewasset, which, in the thirty miles between here and Ply¬ 
mouth, has a fall of over fifteen hundred feet. This mountain lakelet 
is the true source of the Merrimack Biver. The distance from Boston 
to the Profile House by this route is only one hundred and fifty-six 
miles, and to the Plume House, one hundred and fifty-one miles. 

THE PROFILE HOUSE. 

One of the great centres of resort in the White Mountains region is 
the Franconia Notch. Two of the great natural wonders of the White 
Hills, the Profile and the Plume, are to be seen within its precincts; 
and its whole environment is of the most romantic description. Bug¬ 
ged mountains, and peaceful, placid lakes, one of which mirrors the 
stern visage of the “Old Man of the Mountain,” who has so long 
looked out from his high perch on the cliffs, combine tlieir picturesque 
charms to render this spot one of matchless beauty. The Profile 
House, one of the most famous of the mountain hotels, is situated in 
the midst of all this grandeur. The little mountain-encircled plateau 
occupied by the Profile House and its dependencies stands 1,974 feet 
above the sea; and the hotel is the highest in the mountains, except 
those on Mount Washington and Moosilauke. Mount Cannon, on the 
southern face of which the great Profile hangs twelve hundred feet 
higher, rises on the west to the height of 3,850 feet, or 1,876 feet higher 
than the hotel; while Eagle Cliff towers on the east side of the glen, 
1,472 feet above the Profile House, or 3,446 feet above the sea. The 
summit of Mount Lafayette, 5,259 feet high, is less than four miles 
away, by a winding bridle-path, although hidden by the nearer though 
lesser heights. A little distance north of the hotel is the beautiful 
Echo Lake; and still nearer, in the opposite direction, is Profile Lake, 
equally an object of beauty; while across its fair expanse, and some¬ 
times crowned by a wreath of clouds, is the wonderful Profile, the most 
remarkable object of its kind in the world, the naturalness of which 
at once impresses every beholder, and the picture of which will ever 
after remain with great distinctness in the mind. As soon as the grim 
majesty of the profile is seen, one at once understands the impression 
made on the poet,— 

* * * “ Like a sun-rimmed cloud, 

The great Notch mountains shone, 

Watched over hy the solemn-browed 
And awful face of stone.” 


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The face is formed by a series of three ledges, one of which forms 
the forehead, another the nose and upper lip, and the third the chin. 
When viewed from the front, all resemblance to a human face is lost. 
The face was discovered, in 1805, by two workmen on the Notch road. 
The Flume is situated between five and six miles below the Profile 
House, and near the Flume House. It is a great fissure in the rocks, 
about seven hundred feet long, and from sixty to seventy feet in depth. 
The walls are perpendicular; and in the narrowest part a huge bowlder, 
which at some remote period crashed down the mountain side, formerly 
hung suspended. On the 20th of June, 1883, a great storm occurred 
in the mountains, accompanied by several terrific land-slides, one of 
which, starting nearly at the top of Mount Liberty, gathered force 
when it reached the Flume stream, and swept down the narrow defile 
with resistless fury, carrying everything, even the great bowlder, be¬ 
fore it. Thousands of huge rocks were hurled down the ravine and 
spread over a wide space below. The most marvellous changes were 
wrought within the Flume itself. Not only was the gigantic bowlder 
hurled from its position, but the rift was much extended, and deepened 
in places. Although it is a great disappointment to the present trav¬ 
eller not to see that stone which “ if it had been a £ little bolder ’ would 
have fallen through;” yet in the opinion of many the Flume is more 
remarkable than before. At the upper end a new cascade was created, 
and an immense rock was thrown over upon others, while the under 
side was hollowed out so as to leave a grotto of respectable size. A 
plank walk extends up through the Flume beside, and at times partly 
over, the stream. The Flume, Pool and Basin are generally included 
in a round excursion from the Profile House; and, for the accommo¬ 
dation of guests, carriages are run at stated hours. The ride is de¬ 
lightful, as a splendid road extends through the Notch, along the side 
of the Pemigewasset River. The waters of Profile Lake and a little 
pond just above it flow into the Pemigewasset, forming, in fact, its 
source; while Echo Lake flows into one of the tributaries of the Con¬ 
necticut. There are many pleasant rambles in the vicinity of the two 
lakes, and boating and fishing also enter into the list of amusements. 
Bald Mountain, north of Echo Lake, and easily reached, affords a glo¬ 
rious lookout. Mount Cannon is ascended on foot, but not without 
much exertion; and the summit of Lafayette is reached on horseback. 
Mount Cannon derives its name from a large, flat rock near its summit, 
which bears a strong resemblance to a cannon when viewed from below. 

In its size, appointments, and the character of its management, the 
Profile House befits its noble surroundings as fully as the works of man 
could be expected to meet such grand requirements. The hotel accom¬ 
modates between five and six hundred guests in royal style. It is a 
very fashionable resort; and its register of guests is a roll of the most 
honored names of Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and the 
South and West. The table, celebrated for its excellence, derives 
many fresh delicacies from the fine Profile House farm in Franconia. 





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A choice herd of Jersey cows, for example, furnishes fresh milk. Gas 
and water are supplied throughout the house ; and the sanitary arrange¬ 
ments were perfected a few years ago, at great expense, under the di¬ 
rection of one of the foremost sanitary engineers of America; steam 
heat has been extended over the whole house, which has also had a 
thorough renovation and its substantial features made yet more valu¬ 
able. An orchestra plays during the season, both afternoon and eve¬ 
ning, for the pleasure of the guests. The Profile House has gained its 
great reputation under the proprietorship of Messrs. Taft & Greenleaf, 
and will continue under the same able supervision. 

The Plume House, situated at the south entrance to the Notch, five 
miles below the Profile House, has the same proprietorship as the latter. 
It is under the popular management of the Elliot Brothers, and since 
its recent enlargement continues to enjoy a large and appreciative 
patronage. 

Not far from here, to the southwest, up among the mountains is 
situate Lonesome Lake, the property and favorite resort of William 
C. Prime, of the “New York Journal of Commerce,” who has a log cabin 
on its shores, and, with friends, here spends much time hunting and 
fishing. 

MOOSILAUKE. 

“ And west 
Moosilauke’s woods were seen, 

With many a nameless slide-scarred creBt 
And pine-dark gorge between.” 

Por many miles, while the traveller is approaching Warren Summit, 
on the White Mountains Division of the Boston & Lowell Bailroad, his 
eyes will rest on a grand peak, on the right, when going northwest, and 
will willingly linger on it while descending into the valley of the Con¬ 
necticut, attesting the correctness of Whittier’s description. 

An excursion to the summit of Moosilauke may easily be made, and 
with very little detention in case the traveller desires to bestow his 
time upon the more northern and eastern regions of the mountans. 
Moosilauke is 4,811 feet in altitude, and the highest peak in New Hamp¬ 
shire west of Mount Lafayette. It is situated chiefly in Benton, a little 
distance across the line from Warren; and the travelled approach is 
from the station on the White Mountains Division of the Boston & 
Lowell Bailroad, in the latter town. The name of the mountain has 
often been corrupted, on maps and in guide-books, into “Moose Hillock,” 
and to many residents of the vicinity is, perhaps, best known as such; 
but its title is of Indian origin, and was derived from two Indian 
words,— moosi, signifying “bald,” and auJce, “place;” the letter l 
having been inserted for euphony. The appropriateness of calling the 
mountain a “bald place,” instead of a “hillock” or a “place for moose,” 
is readily seen. A carriage road extends to the summit, where a com¬ 
fortable hotel—the Tip-Top House—will be found. The view is one 
of the finest to be had in the mountain region, and the glories of a sun- 


set and sunrise when witnessed from such an elevation surpass descrip¬ 
tion. 

The isolation of Moosilauke makes it the grandest of view points. 
On its summit is the broad plateau from which the Indian name is de¬ 
rived, and it is covered with mosses, alpine daisies and mountain cran¬ 
berries. 

The new Moosilauke House, erected on the site of the well and favor¬ 
ably known Breezy Point House, is at the base of the mountain, midway 
upon the stage road from Warren to the Summit. It is 1,700 feet above 
the sea level, and has accommodations for about 100 guests, supplying 
the best of modern hotel appliances and service. There is a beautiful 
maple grove near the house, and the whole region is famous for trout 
fishing. The ascent from the Moosilauke House to the Summit is 
easily made by buckboard, or on foot, in about three hours. 

The Moosilauke and Tip-Top Houses are under the business manage¬ 
ment of Mr. John P. Thayer, to whom all correspondence should be 
addressed at Breezy Point, N.H., while the domestic arrangements will 
continue under the control of Miss S. P. Woodworth. 

A regular stage line from Warren to the Moosilauke House and Tip- 
Top House runs in connection with train leaving Boston at 8.30 A.M. 

LITTLETON. 

Pleasantly situated in the valley of the Ammonoosuc, on both sides 
of the stream, and extending up the neighboring hillsides, is the town 
of Littleton, one of the largest and most prosperous places in Northern 
New Hampshire. Neat and picturesque cottages, busy streets and 
stores, and several manufacturing establishments, which do not mar 
the scene, are the characteristics of the place most readily noticed by 
the traveller. There is a large hotel—Thayer’s White Mountain 
House—in the village; and another—the Oak Hill House—occupies 
a commanding position on the heights. There are several boarding 
houses for the entertainment of summer guests. Pure air, pure water, 
and all the other concomitants of a healthful abiding place, are found 
here; and a feature of special importance is its accessibility. All trains 
on the White Mountains Division of the Boston & Lowell Railroad, 
between Boston and the mountains, or en route to or from New York 
or Saratoga, stop here, and to good purpose; for the passenger traffic 
here is quite important at all times, and especially so in the summer 
season. The town covers an area of 36,000 acres, and its population 
at the time of the last census was 2,936. The chief industries of the 
place are the manufacture of buckskin gloves, and the production 
of photographic and stereoscopic views. Mr. B. W. Kilburn’s estab¬ 
lishment, which is devoted to this latter branch of business, is the 
largest of its kind in the world. 

One of the most prominent buildings in Littleton is the High School 
edifice, which is on the heights back of the town. The adjacent hills 
afford noble views of the high mountains; and there are many pleasant 


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drives and rambles in the vicinity. The rapids of the Connecticut 
River, known as the Fifteen-Mile Falls, border the town for a stretch 
of thirteen miles. Waterford, Yt., is only five miles distant, and Beth¬ 
lehem is about the same in the opposite direction. It is also a fine 
drive to Sugar Hill, through Franconia. 

Since last season many improvements have been made at Thayer’s, 
among which may be mentioned the building of a boat house upon the 
shore of the Ammonoosuc River, which is at the rear of the hotel. 
Good boats can always be had. 

FRANCONIA AND LISBON. 

Franconia is situated just north of Franconia Notch, and in the val¬ 
ley of Gale River, six miles over a pleasant stage road from Littleton, 
and a little less from Bethlehem. The approach from the latter place 
is over a spur of Mount Agassiz, and the descent into the deep bowl¬ 
shaped valley supplies one of the most enjoyable drives in the whole 
hill country. The nearness of Mount Lafayette, Haystack, or Mount 
Garfield, and the other grand peaks of the Franconia Range, gives to 
the views great boldness,— 

“ The great peaks seem so near, 

Burned clean of mist, so starkly bold and clear, 

I almost pause the wind in the pines to hear, 

The loose rock’s fall, the steps of browsing deer; ” 

while the foreground of meadow and forest adds rare picturesqueness 
and beauty. The Profile House is only six miles distant, and the won¬ 
ders of the Notch are just beyond. Gale River and Lafayette Brook 
afford excellent trout fishing, and other mountain streams are also ac¬ 
cessible. The Bridal Yell Falls, seventy-six feet in height, are upon 
Copper Mine Brook, which flows down the western slope of Mount 
Kinsman. The Mount Kinsman Flume is on the same side of the 
mountain. In the village are the buildings of the Franconia Iron Com¬ 
pany, which began mining operations here in 1805. This section of 
the mountain country is known to possess minerals of various kinds, 
and in the neighboring town of Lisbon are several gold mines. There 
are a number of very popular hotels and boarding houses in the town; 
and the Goodnow and Sunset Hill Houses, both large and fashionable 
summer resorts, are a little distance across the line in Lisbon. The 
latter is best reached from Lisbon station, ten miles below Littleton. 
The easterly part of Lisbon, in which the above houses stand, forms 
the western rim of the Franconia Yalley, and overlooks its village as 
well as includes in its view all the surrounding beauties. The new 
Forest Hills House, which was opened in 1883, by Messrs. H. W. Priest 
and J. W. Dudley, has become a great favorite with the best people. 
It occupies a commanding site on the summit of Pine Hill, on the 
Bethlehem road, and only four miles from that place, and about 
the same from the Profile House. From every side charming views 
are obtained, including, in the sweep of the horizon from west to south 
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village and mountains, and the Mount Washington range. Fifty acres 
are devoted to lawns apd groves. The hotel is admirably conducted, 
and is a great acquisition to the long list of White Mountain hotels. 
The quiet beauties and healthful atmosphere have led to the building 
of several private summer cottages; others are projected, and a 
farm near the village has been laid out in streets and lots for this 
purpose. The Lafayette House, in the easterly part of the valley, com¬ 
bines some of the features of an old country tavern with the modern 
mountain house, and is kept by the three Richardson brothers, who 
were popular stage drivers in the old coaching days. Receiving guests 
the year around, they have the first comers in the summer also, before 
the larger houses are open. Just beyond, on the hillside, on the Notch 
road, is the Profile House farm with its fine herds, hotbeds and gardens. 

BETHLEHEM AND MAPLEWOOD. 

Perhaps the most famous of the mountain towns is Bethlehem. Sit¬ 
uated at a considerable elevation, commanding a wide prospect, and 
renowned for the purity and healthfulness of its air, it has become a 
summer resort for many hundreds of city denizens. Its hotels and 
boarding houses are large, and always, in the season of summer visi¬ 
tors, filled with guests. With the Franconia Range on the one hand, 
and the Presidential Range upon the other, the chief mountain outlooks 
are grand in the extreme, while every principal point is easily accessi¬ 
ble. A spur of the Profile & Franconia Notch Railroad ascends the hill 
and traverses the outskirts of the village from one end to the other. 
From Mount Agassiz, a little distance southeast of the village, and also 
from many lesser elevations, wdde-sweeping views may be had. The 
elevation of Mount Agassiz is 2,042 feet. With its rural charms unim¬ 
paired, Bethlehem has of late years assumed the comforts and con¬ 
veniences of a summer city, including a supply of pure water, new 
springs having been added the past season, and the supply made ample 
for domestic and public purposes, improved sewerage, and railway com¬ 
munication with the outer world. From the station new walks have 
been laid the past season to the main street and hotels. In 1803, Pres¬ 
ident Dwight found the town to consist only of “log huts, recent, 
few, poor, and planted on a soil singularly rough and rocky.” He was, 
however, delighted with the magnificent view of the mountains. The 
advantages of Bethlehem as a resort for invalids are universally recog¬ 
nized. According to Professor F. W. Clarke, the Maplewood Hotel is 
1,489 feet above the sea-level, and the Sinclair House 1,459 feet. A 
writer in “The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal” (Dr. W. H. 
Geddings) gives the result of an extended series of observations taken 
with a view to ascertain the adaptability of the climate of Bethlehem 
to the wants of invalids. Out of the sixty-two days in July and August, 
1878, he shows that there were only three days in which invalids could 
not with safety have remained out of doors during the whole or a 
part of the day. Throughout the whole of forty-seven days they might 





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have remained out safely. In arriving at these results, Dr. Geddings 
took into consideration, not only rainy days, but also those when there 
was cool and windy weather. The exemption from hay-fever enjoyed 
at Bethlehem has long been one of the main considerations, leading 
thither hundreds of summer visitors. In the long list of hotels and 
boarding houses, the largest are the Maplewood and the Sinclair Houses. 
The Maplewood is a magnificent house of the largest class; and its en¬ 
terprising proprietor, Mr. Isaac S. Cruft, is yearly adding to its extent. 
It is managed by Messrs. Ainslie & McGilvray. The hotel opens 
about the first of July, and accommodates over five hundred guests. 
The Maplewood Cottage opens June 1, and accommodates one hundred 
persons. There are also a number of private cottages which are leased 
to families for the season. The Maplewood has every desirable feature, 
including gas, a copious supply of pure water from springs on the hills, 
a post-oflice within the hotel, telegraph station, news stand, hair-dress¬ 
ing rooms, bath rooms, billiard room, bowling alleys, a large hall for 
dancing and entertainments, a first-class table, extensive play-grounds, 
and a large livery stable. 

The Sinclair House is the oldest of the Bethlehem hotels. Within 
the past few years it has undergone extensive alterations and exten¬ 
sions. Its proprietors, Messrs. Durgin & Fox, have a high reputation 
as landlords; and among the guests of the house are many who have 
made the Sinclair their summer abode year after year. The drainage 
and other sanitary provisions are of the most approved character, and 
all the appointments of the house are first-class. A well-appointed 
livery stable supplies all requisite facilities for drives and horseback 
excursions, and the opportunities for pleasant rambles are unlimited. 
Within the house are telegraph office, news stand, billiard rooms, bath¬ 
ing rooms, etc., and adjacent to the hotel are ample play-grounds for 
children, etc. The Sinclair accommodates three hundred and fifty 
guests. 

THE TWIN MOUNTAIN, FABYAN, MOUNT PLEASANT, AND CRAWFORD 

HOUSES. 

There are no better conducted hotels in America than the chief pub¬ 
lic houses at the White Mountains; and prominent among the leading 
establishments are the chain of splendid hostelries under the manage¬ 
ment and conductorship of Messrs. Barron, Merrill & Barron. As the 
traveller advances up the valley of the Ammonoosuc, towards Mount 
Washington or the Crawford Notch, he comes first upon the Twin 
Mountain House. This hotel takes its name from two prominent peaks 
of the Franconia Range. It is situated upon a high bluff overlooking 
the Ammonoosuc River and a broad panorama of mountains. The 
Franconia Range is seen upon one hand, and the Mount Washington, 
or Presidential Range, upon the other. The Twin Mountain House has 
long been known as a quiet and secluded mountain retreat; and many 
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the “hay fever,” and to enjoy the pure, health-giving mountain atmos¬ 
phere. The hotel is under the excellent management of Mr. F. A. Cof ran. 

The Fabyan House is situated at the great railway junction point of 
the mountains, and is one of the best known of all the public houses of 
the region. Fully nine-tenths of all the mountain tourists bring up 
eventually at Fabyan’s, for all the different routes lead thither. The 
White Mountains Division of the Boston & Lowell and the Portland & 
Ogdensburg Railroads enter here; while the branch towards Mount 
Washington—belonging to the former, and connecting, six miles dis¬ 
tant, with the Mount Washington Railway—makes a third diverging 
line. The hotel is one of the largest and best appointed of the great 
White Mountains hostelries, and the high reputation it has borne in the 
past is sure to be maintained. It is also under the management of 
Messrs. Barron, Merrill & Barron, and is personally supervised by 
Mr. Oscar G. Barron. 

The Mount Pleasant House, which has been greatly enlarged within 
a few years past, is situated a short distance from Fabyan’s, with a 
glorious outlook upon the grand peaks of the Presidential Range. 
Mount Pleasant, from which the hotel takes its name, rises in majestic 
form at the right; while the taller Mount Washington is in front, 
flanked by Monroe and Franklin on one side, and Clay, Jefferson and 
Adams on the other. The railroad station is just in front of the 
house, and from the front piazzas and windows the Mount Washington 
cars can be plainly seen on their winding way up the mountain side 
and frequently into the clouds. The quietness, with the railway con¬ 
veniences, the attractions of the grove on the hillside in the rear, and 
the substantial comforts of this house combine to recommend it to a 
large class of people. It is under the personal supervision of Mr. 
Oscar G. Barron, and this is a sufficient guaranty that it takes high 
rank among its fashionable neighbors. 

The Crawford House has a magnificent location upon a little plateau 
just north of the Gate of Crawford Notch. In front of the house is a 
picturesque little lake, the source of the Saco River; and, just beyond, 
the Elephant’s Head guards the entrance to the narrow pass. Mount 
Willard rears its shapely mass upon the right, and partly in front of 
the hotel; and the long serrated ridge of Mount Webster forms the 
west wall of the Notch. East of the lake, and lying along its shores 
and upon the slopes above, is a luxuriant grove of old trees designated 
as Idlewild. Streams descend from the heights on either side; form¬ 
ing, at no great distance from the hotel, beautiful cascades. Beyond 
the gate of the Notch, and within the confines of the pass, are othei 
cascades and several rock profiles. Upon the Notch road, three mileL 
below, is the Willey House, left standing after the terrible storm and 
landslide of August 24, 1826, while the family, who had sought shelter 
outside, were overwhelmed and destroyed. An excursion through the 
Notch can easily be taken by cars or carriage, and should not be missed; 
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mit of Mount Willard, easily reached by carriages from the hotel. 
This view is unlike any other to be had in the mountains; its distin¬ 
guishing character being the appearance of the Notch, which is spread 
out a thousand feet or more below the beholder, Mounts Webster and 
Willey forming its boundaries. The Crawford House is under the per¬ 
sonal management of Mr. C. H. Merrill, one of its proprietors, and a 
gentleman who has won the esteem and respect of the travelling public 
to an unusual degree. Mr. Merrill brings to his important task a long 
experience as a hotel manager; and the Crawford, under his guidance, 
has won wide fame. 

MOUNT WASHINGTON. 

An ascent to the top of the highest mountain peak is as easily accom¬ 
plished as any other railway journey, and the visitor is compelled to 
forego none of the comforts or luxuries provided in the lower world. 
At this remarkable elevation he finds a commodious hotel, to the very 
door of which, and through the clouds it may be, he is transported in 
a railway car. Formerly the climbing of Mount Washington was at¬ 
tended by great hardship and fatigue, and was performed only by per¬ 
sons of tested strength and endurance. The crown of New England 
lifts its bare, weather-beaten summit 6,293 feet above the level of the 
sea. The neighboring mountains are overlooked; and the vision ex¬ 
tends far across New Hampshire to the hilltops of Maine, Vermont, 
Massachusetts, Canada, and, under favorable atmospheric conditions, 
to the summits of New York, and to the far away ocean. The encir¬ 
cling crests, peaks and ridges lie like billows upon a tempestuous sea. 
Here and there dark, shadowy gulfs are seen, while far-distant villages 
sparkle in the sun. The chief river-courses are readily marked, and, 
on a clear day, a fair view may be had, between the mountains, of Lake 
Winnipesaukee, justifying indeed the Bed men’s conceit that it was a 
“Smile of the Great Spirit;” and the beholder studies geography on a 
grand and comprehensive scale. 

The Mount Washington Railway is necessarily constructed upon a 
different plan from ordinary steam roads. A grade of no less than 
1,980 feet to the mile is actually overcome. Engine and car travel upon 
a middle ratchet-rail in wliich cog-wheels run. Notwithstanding this 
remarkable steepness, the passenger enjoys absolute safety, through a 
number of ingenious devices. Should a breakage occur, the train would 
be brought to a full stop. Atmospheric brakes are so arranged that a 
car may be made to descend at a snail’s pace, entirely disconnected from 
the locomotive. In ascending, the ear is pushed ahead of the engine; 
and there are safety devices which prevent the train from slipping back a 
single inch. The railway is the invention of Mr. Sylvester Marsh, and 
has been improved in its practical workings very greatly by Mr. Walter 
Aiken, its efficient manager. Many thousands of persons are carried 
over the road annually, but not a single passenger has ever been injured. 
Mt.Washington is 387 feet higher than the Rigi-Kulm, the famous Swiss 
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The Mount Washington Summit House (0. G. Barron, manager,) is 
a commodious and admirably arranged hotel, well calculated to tempt 
the visitor to remain over night, and thus witness a sunset and a sun¬ 
rise,— spectacles which are often gorgeous beyond description. Fires 
are a daily necessity; and, to insure comfort to visitors, the sleeping 
rooms are heated by steam. The dining-room, office and parlor are 
large apartments; and the sleeping-rooms, on the floors above, are 
ninety-four in number. Near the hotel is an observatory erected by 
Mr. Aiken, and upon the north-western verge of the little plateau is 
the observing station of the United States Signal Service. The hotel 
is under the management of the Messrs. Barron, Merrill & Barron, 
which fully guarantees the comfort of its patrons. 

Strangers should use caution in exploring the region about Mount 
Washington, and not venture far from the beaten paths, unless accom¬ 
panied by a guide. Persons have perished of exposure and exhaustion 
while lost and bewildered in the clouds and storms about the summit. 

JEFFERSON. 

This town is in some sense a rival to Bethlehem. It is similarly sit¬ 
uated upon an elevation; and the pure air and general healthfulness 
there enjoyed have given it great favor as a resort for invalids and 
pleasure seekers. Sufferers from hay-fever and catarrhal complaints 
here find instantaneous relief. The chief village, Jefferson Hill, is 
mainly a long line of summer hotels. The outlook upon the Presi¬ 
dential Range, with Mounts Adams and Jefferson in the near front, is 
extremely grand. Starr King declares “Jefferson Hill may, without 
exaggeration, be called the ultima Thule of grandeur in an artist’s pil¬ 
grimage among the New Hampshire mountains; for at no other point 
can he see the White Hills themselves in such array and force.” Mount 
Pliny is the ancient name for the long wooded range in the northeast 
part of the town; and the culminating part of the range was, in 1861, 
named Mount Starr King, in honor of the author of “The White Hills.” 
It is on the high slopes of this mountain that the village is situated. 
In the east part of the town is another group of boarding houses and 
farms, to which the post-office designation of Jefferson Highlands and 
Meadows has been given. There are two ponds in the town; one of 
which, Cherry Pond, is upon the line of the railroad, while the other, 
the Pond of Safety, is high up among the mountain ridges, 2,000 feet 
above the sea level. The former is the chief source of John’s River; 
and the latter, of the Upper Ammonoosuc. Israel’s River traverses 
Jefferson from the southeast to the northwest. The two rivers, John’s 
and Israel’s, derived their names from two brothers, John and Israel 
Glines, who hunted beaver and other animals along the streams before 
there were any other white settlers in this region. The opening of the 
Whitefield & Jefferson Railroad has rendered Jefferson easy of access; 
and every year brings fresh accessions to the ranks of those who unite 
in declaring, with Starr King, that this resort is without a peer; for 


from whatever point in the town one looks out he sees grand mountain 
forms, while towering above them all in his grandeur is Mount Wash¬ 
ington, the buildings on which are in plain sight. The drive from 
Lancaster to and through Jefferson Street cannot be surpassed, and is 
particularly recommended. 



LANCASTER. 

Visitors to the White Mountains who penetrate the region no farther 
than the great hotels which form the most noted places of resort, gen¬ 
erally form erroneous ideas regarding the section of the State lying 
north of the chief group of hills. Some of the best farming country, 
and several of the prettiest towns in the Granite State, are there to be 
found. One of the most beautiful places, and at the same time one of the x 
most accessible, is Lancaster, on the main line of the White Mountains 
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Wing Road. It occupies the valley of the Connecticut River, here 
quite elevated and broad, is the shire town of Coos County, and con¬ 
tains the offices and public buildings pertaining to a county-seat. The 
situation is very healthful, and the climate in summer is mild and de¬ 
lightful. Fine views are had of the neighboring mountains, and good 
roads lead in all directions, especially that towards Jefferson Street. 
Mount Prospect, an isolated hill three miles from the village, on which 
is an excellent hotel, commands a royal view which no tourist should 
fail to see. It is easily accessible from Lancaster or Jefferson. 

The new and elegant Lancaster House forms a handsome ornament 
to this charming town. It is supplied with steam heat, gas, electric 
bells, and other modern hotel appliances, and is prepared to take the 
best possible care of its summer guests. Lancaster is likely to become 
one of the most favored places of resort in Northern New Hampshire, 
now that the town has a large summer hotel. 

COLEBROOK. 

This village is reached via the White Mountains Division to Groveton 
Junction, thence to North Stratford by Grand Trunk Railway, where 
stages are taken thirteen miles to Colebrook. It is situated on the 
eastern side of the Connecticut River, and the Mohawk River and 
Beaver Brook run through the village. The village is abundantly sup¬ 
plied with pure spring water. Directly opposite Colebrook, on the 
Vermont side of the river, is Mount Monadnock, from the summit of 
which there is a magnificent view; while at the foot of the mountain, 
one mile from the village, is a mineral spring which is strongly im¬ 
pregnated with sulphur and iron. There are many beautiful drives in 
Colebrook and vicinity, among which may be mentioned a drive of ten 
miles to Dixville Notch. Crossing the Connecticut into Vermont, and 
going up the river eight miles, brings us to Canaan Village, and one 
mile northwest of Canaan is the Canada line. This is a charming 
drive, and the roads are very fine. A mile and a half from the village 
are Beaver Brook Falls and the remains of some old beaver-dams, from 
which the stream takes its name. The fisherman will find Colebrook 
an excellent place to make his headquarters. Connecticut Lakes, Dia¬ 
mond Ponds, Akers Pond, Clear Stream, and many other noted fishing 
grounds are easily reached from this place. 

BRUNSWICK SPRINGS. 

On the Vermont bank of the Connecticut River, near North Stratford, 
where the Connecticut Valley widens and opens towards the southeast 
a grand vista of mountain ranges and isolated peaks, are the Brunswick 
Springs. The hotel at this place is finely situated, is well-kept, and its 
charges are reasonable. A few rods from the house is a beautiful lit¬ 
tle lake, around which a road winds in graceful contour. The surround¬ 
ings are very charming, with many inviting drives and walks; and no 
more attractive or beautiful abiding place can be found. 


The view from the high terrace on which the hotel stands is ex¬ 
tended, and comprises many of the northern peaks, including Mount 
Lyon, the Percy Peaks, the Pilot Range, and some of the White Moun¬ 
tains. Hotel carriages will be found at the North Stratford station, 
which is on the Grand Trunk Railway, twelve miles above its junction 
with the White Mountains Division of the Boston & Lowell Railroad 
at Groveton Junction. 

The following is an analysis of the springs by Dr. H. A. Cutting, 
State Geologist of Vermont: — “One spring contains 85£ grains of 
mineral matter to a gallon. Por this spring a qualitative analysis gives 
potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, calcium carbonate, magnesium 
carbonate, ferrous oxide, sulphydric acid, silicic acid, carbonic acid, 
and chlorine.” 

This spring, though chalybeate, is also alkaline. Very near, another 
spring boils up, strongly impregnated with sulphur. This has 55 grains 
of mineral water to a gallon. It does not contain so much saline mat¬ 
ter as the others, yet it is a strong chalybeate alkaline water. Both are 
very useful in cutaneous diseases, and also as an alterative. These 
springs resemble the chalybeate springs of Germany. 



Bummer-Tide Suggestions. 


CHAPTER XI. 

FALSE IMPRESSIONS REGARDING THE COST OF A MOUNTAIN TOUR. 

In some quarters erroneous impressions have got abroad concerning 
the cost of White Mountain travel. The hotel rates are well estab¬ 
lished, varying but little from year to year; and, as a rule, they are 
lower than at other summer resorts of the same class. The most fash¬ 
ionable houses charge less for board, per day, than many of the seaside 
and city hotels. There are opportunities to spend money in the White 
Mountain region, as elsewhere; but the tourist can travel there, and 
sojourn at the leading hotels, quite as cheaply as he can visit other 
American resorts, and stop at other houses of a corresponding charac¬ 
ter. Then, again, if he desires to economize, he can find boarding 
houses to suit his-purse. Hotel rates are generally higher everywhere 
than they were a score of years ago; but the mountain tour costs less 
in the aggregate than it did then, for the reason that railway transit 
is more rapid, and less time, therefore, is taken in getting to and about 
the region. Railroad travel is no higher than on similar roads else¬ 
where ; and as excursion rates are made at a reduction, a tour may be 
made up to suit individual preferences, with sojourns as long or short 
at the chief points of interest as may be desirable. A hurried trip may 
be made through the mountain region in four or five days, but a much 
longer time should be taken in order to properly appreciate the beauty 
and sublimity of the hills. It is true, nevertheless, that as much may 
now be done in a week as could formerly be accomplished in a fort¬ 
night. There is, however, a long list of inviting nooks where the 
tourist will wish to tarry. Littleton, Bethlehem, Jefferson, and a score 
of other places, to say nothing of the great hotels about the White 
Mountain, Eranconia, and Pinkham Notches, will do more than arrest his 
attention: they will hold him captive. Pure air, romantic surround¬ 
ings, grand and picturesque scenery, and healthful influences of every 
sort, will surely win the city dweller. Summer cities have arisen 
where there were mere straggling villages a few years ago. Hotels 
and boarding houses exist by the score and by the hundred, and yet the 
cry in many localities is for more. There are times when one is in¬ 
clined to think Boston, New York and Philadelphia have turned them¬ 
selves inside out. The great hotels, holding from three hundred to 
six hundred guests each, are frequently filled to overflowing. The 
boarding houses are also besieged. No one except the imaginative 
paragrapher has discovered that it is “not good to be here,” and even 



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his feeble wit fails to stem the tide. The White Hills yearly attract 
an increased number of tourists and travellers; and, with increased 
facilities for travel and sojourn, they will attract greater numbers still. 
There is no summer resort in America that has so much to give in re¬ 
turn for the money expended in reaching it and dwelling within its 
precincts. The lover of Nature may here feast his soul on some of the 
most beautiful scenery the continent affords; the artist finds full em¬ 
ployment for his pencil; the sight-seer gazes upon strange forms 
wrought by Nature in her most fantastic moods; and the health seeker 
finds inspiration and new life in the very atmosphere. 

HOW TO MAKE THE TOUR OF THE MOUNTAINS. 

There can be nothing more delightful in the way of summer travel 
than a tour embracing the chief points of interest in the White Moun¬ 
tains. The White Mountains Division of the Boston & Lowell Railroad 
now penetrates to every part of the region; and, as it is the grand 
highway of approach, the tourist will naturally turn his attention to it 
in selecting his route. Making Boston the starting point, the tourist 
proceeds to the Weirs, and should there diverge from the railway for 
an excursion upon Lake Winnipesaukee, with visits to Centre Harbor 
and Wolfboro’. Considerable time may also be passed at the Weirs, 
where the summer finds a crowd of pleasure seekers. Plymouth is 
another desirable halting place. We are speaking now for the tourist, 
and not for the summer sojourner, who will have already passed scores 
of pleasant retreats, while hundreds of inviting nooks lie before him. 
The Profile House is, of course, one of the main objective points; and 
from Plymouth the traveller proceeds over the new Pemigewasset 
Yalley Railroad, through the loveliest valley in the whole mountain re¬ 
gion, to North Woodstock, and thence by a short and delightful stage 
ride; or, if he prefers the old route, he journeys on from Plymouth via 
Woodsville, Littleton, and Bethlehem Junction. From the Profile 
House he readily finds his way by rail to Bethlehem, or a divergence 
may be made to Franconia and its vicinity. Jefferson lies beyond, and 
should not be missed. There is all-rail conveyance to the Twin Moun¬ 
tain, Fabyan, Mount Pleasant and Crawford Houses, and also to the sum¬ 
mit of Mount Washington,—all important points which should not be 
neglected by the visitor. From the Crawford house a trip can be made 
through the Crawford Notch; and the east side of the mountains, 
including the Glen House, can be reached over the same route, or 
by stage from the summit of Mount Washington. Returning, the Fabyan 
House may be considered the chief starting point; although many trav¬ 
ellers will prefer reversing this order of une route, and take their depar¬ 
ture from the Profile House after the visit to Mount Washington and the 
White Mountains Notch. The main line of the White Mountains Divi¬ 
sion of the Boston & Lowell Railroad, is likely to be taken in either the 
upward or downward journey; and thus opportunities will be had for 
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may be visited from the latter point. If time favors, a very delightful 
excursion can be made, northward from the White Mountains proper, 
to Colebrook and Dixville Notch; and if the traveller is a sportsman 
as well, and inclined to “roughing it” a bit, still farther on, to the 
Rangeley Lakes in one direction, or Connecticut Lake in the other. In 
combination with the White Mountains tour, Lake Memphremagog, 
Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay, Saratoga, Lake George, Lake Cham¬ 
plain, the Adirondacks, or any of the northern pleasure routes and 
resorts may be reached by direct and convenient lines of railway com¬ 
munication. 

HOW TO PROFITABLY SPEND A FEW DAYS IN THE MOUNTAINS. 

Many people ask their friends how they can spend a few days in the 
mountains so as to economize time and expense, and see and enjoy the 
most. The following suggestions are for those who have only limited 
time and means at their disposal. The tourist should enter the moun¬ 
tain region over the Boston and Lowell route, so as to get the combina¬ 
tion of views offered by the Merrimack River Yalley, Lake Winnipesau- 
kee, Moosilauke and other mountains near Warren, the pastoral scenes 
of the wide and fertile Connecticut River Yalley, and the narrower 
Ammonoosuc River Yalley, thus gradually approaching the heart of the 
White Mountain range. Arrived here, choice may be made of a hotel. 
If the next morning is favorable, there are two or three plans that may 
be followed with pleasure and profit. If there are ladies in the party, 
and it is desired to see the whole mountain group, tickets may be 
secured at Fabyan’s, or at most of the various hotels, for a railway trip 
up Mount Washington, which will give one a quick realization of the 
grandeur of the Presidential Range, as the chain of mountains is called, 
of which Mount Washington is the chief. Arrived at the summit, there 
will be time to enjoy the extended view from various points and to get a 
good dinner at the excellently kept Summit House. We should advise 
this, for the refreshment of a well-prepared meal will compensate, to 
say nothing of the remembrance of having enjoyed a feast at such an 
altitude. If one can afford the time and expense of spending a night 
on the summit, it will be found a good investment. The best use to 
which the afternoon can be put is in a visit to Tuckerman’s Ravine, a 
deep gorge, some two thousand feet down the east side of Mount 
Washington. By inquiry at the clerk’s office at the Summit House, it 
is almost always possible to learn of some party proposing the same 
trip. Yery heavy people, delicate ladies, or those with any heart affec¬ 
tion, had better not attempt the exploration. Stout shoes or rubbers 
are desirable, for much of the path will be wet, and the rough ledges 
will require hard service; water-proofs will also be desirable, for it 
rains easily, and there is much spray from the falls by the way. The 
roughest garments one has are preferable. It is hardly well for entire 
strangers to attempt the trip alone; if no one can be joined who has 
been down before, a guide can be secured for a moderate charge, which 


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shared by a party will be a small personal cost. Yet the path may be 
followed by a stranger in clear weather, by the stakes set up in the 
rocks, and the dabs of white paint on the boulders. Much of the 
descent is tedious and only slowly made; but the first sight of the 
snow-banks, the inspection of the snow-arch, the wild, majestic gran¬ 
deur of the ravine, with the music of the thousand streams falling over 
the high ledges, a distance of one hundred and more feet, will banish 
thoughts of weariness. Up to, and frequently after, the first of August, 
the snow-banks and the arch will be large and perfect. It is a sight 
which no one can afford to miss who can see his way clear to visit it. 
The climb up is a hard one; but if begun in season and slowly pur¬ 
sued, need not be exhausting. If one should begin to experience 
palpitation of the heart, let him progress slowly, stop often, but let 
no one under any circumstances yield to a temptation to sleep, as he 
might become chilled. No one should attempt the descent or ascent 
alone; and if not more than two in the party, they should notify the 
hotel clerk before starting, that, if a dense fog or storm comes 
over the mountains, guides may be sent out for an escort. 

The view of the sunrise from the summit is very fine, and different 
with each morning. The night accommodations are all that can be 
desired, and the conditions of the atmosphere at the altitude almost 
ensures a sound sleep. 

The next morning, if one proposes a descent by the carriage road to the 
Glen, it can be accomplished in comfortable stages, and the party can 
go by stage to the Glen station, on the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad, 
arriving in season to enjoy the ride up the Crawford Notch by rail in 
the twilight hour, which will lend a weird charm to the remarkable 
views. The celebrated Willey House will be seen on the way, the high, 
bare sides of the mountain walls, the tumbling Saco deep down in the 
valley, and the Gate of the Notch passed, bringing one to the Crawford 
House in good season for tea and the night; or one may go on to 
Fabyan’s and the hotels thereabouts. 

If the party is youthful and strong, they will greatly enjoy a descent 
from Mount Washington over the old Crawford Bridle Path instead of 
the trip via the carriage road, the Glen, and Crawford Notch. Ener¬ 
getic youth can, after dinner, visit Tuckerman’s Ravine, and, ascending, 
cross Bigelow’s Lawn and strike the Bridle Path without climbing the 
cone of Mount Washington. In that case, all one’s traps must be taken 
along, and can be left on the uper edge of the Ravine, but one will have 
to be diligent to visit the Ravine, and, ascending from it, pass over the 
Bridle Path, across the summit of several mountains, and descend 
Mount Clinton to the Crawford House before dark. However, once in 
the path it is quite plain, especially from the summit of Mount Clinton 
downwards to the Crawford House. But if one starts after breakfast 
at the Summit House, he may go leisurely, and take in the splendid 
views from the sides of Mounts Monroe and Pleasant, and the summits 
of Franklin and Clinton which are crossed. Each party should take 
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Just before reaching the Crawford House, the sound of Gibbs’ Falls 
will be heard on the right, which will well repay a visit. If one has 
come down in the early day, there will be time to ride down the Notch 
in the cars to the Willey House, inspect it and walk back up through 
the Notch by the turnpike, which is a very pleasant tramp; or one can 
wait for the return train. Mount Willard, which forms part of the 
Gate of the Notch, should also be visited; there is a good carriage road 
to the summit, distant about two miles, and the view looking east down 
the Notch, especially about sunset, is very fine. 

Many people will not care for either the carriage road, Tuckerman’s 
Ravine or the Crawford Path; these will descend by the railway as they 
ascended, which is more exciting to some people than the ascent. 
Some will do this the same day of ascent, but most not till the next 
morning. All these are urged not to miss a rail trip down the White 
Mountain Notch and back; by going to, and returning from, Upper 
Bartlett, one will get all the special mountain features. 

The return from the mountains should now be made via Bethlehem 
Junction, the Profile & Franconia Notch Railroad to the Profile House, 
thence by stage ten miles to North Woodstock, then by the Pemigewas- 
set .Valley Railroad to Plymouth, where the main line of the White 
Mountains Division of the Boston & Lowell Railroad is reached, by 
which quick transit may be had to any desired point. 

At the Profile House and in the Franconia Notch there are many 
points of interest which can be profitably and enjoyably visited if time 
and means permit. One can thus make a satisfactory tour of the 
mountains in a week’s time, or even less, and at a very moderate cost. 

SUMMER BOARDING IN THE COUNTRY. 

Multitudes of busy people can enjoy only a brief vacation, and elect 
to spend it in an excursion through the lake and mountain region 
reached by the Boston & Lowell Railroad system. But each year 
increasing numbers of people desire to spend some weeks in the coun¬ 
try ; and the number of those who prefer greater quiet and less expense 
than attends a stay at the great hotels, is constantly growing. For 
these the Boston & Lowell Railroad supplies superior advantages, the 
various divisions of which, like long arms, extend in many directions 
into the most charming and picturesque region of New England. On 
all of these divisions there are delightful towns, on the summits and 
sides of hills, in valleys, and on the shores of wide streams and lakes, 
large and small; also on many islands of Lakes Winnipesaukee and 
Sunapee, which are most favorably situated for an agreeable summer 
sojourn. On these islands and the shores of these lakes there are 
numerous furnished cottages which may be rented; and there is an un¬ 
limited number of boarding and farm houses, where a stay of weeks 
may be made by a whole family, at very moderate cost and great 
pleasure, and benefit to health. A large list from wdiich to select will 
be found in a later portion of this br^V 


110 


The advantages of this kind of summering are many. The unhealthy 
excitements of hotel life, with rich food, promiscuous companionship, 
late hours and feverish amusements, are avoided; while abundance of 
plain, homely fare, plenty of fresh milk, eggs and berries, seasonable 
hours and healthy diversions are secured. In many instances, large 
berry pastures, lily and fish ponds and streams are at hand; the latter 
also supplying good bathing places. Hundreds of such localities are 
within reach by the Boston & Lowell Railroad. Some of the particu¬ 
larly favorable places are found on the Keene Branch of the Southern 
Division, on the Peterboro’ & Hillsboro’ Branch, and the Concord 
& Claremont Branch of the Northern Division, to say nothing of 
the many better known localities on the main line of this latter 
division and on the White Mountains Division. Peterboro’, Hancock, 
Hillsboro’, Henniker, Bennington, Dublin (reached from Harrisville), 
Bradford, Sunapee Lake region, Newport and Claremont are particlarly 
desirable localities; while many places a little off the railroad line, 
such as Nelson and Stoddard (reached from Harrisville), New London 
(reached from Potter Place), Newbury, Canaan, Potter Place, or 
Andover and Sunapee, are places of special attractions. 

The farm-house boarding places are particularly desirable for families 
of children, where the successive stages of farm work supplies a con¬ 
stant source of interest and pleasure to the young people, including 
horse-back and hay-cart rides,— long to be remembered with the fra¬ 
grance of freshly mown hay. 

“Now the air 

Is rich in fragrance! fragrance exquisite! 

Of new-mown hay, of wild thyme, dewy wash’d, 

And gales ambrosial come with cooling breath,” 

while the musical sounds, from the tinkling cow-bells as 

“ The lowing herd winds slowly o’er the lea,” 

to the ring of the whetted scythe, or the creak of the children’s swing, 
hung from the branch of some huge elm, will all combine to store the 
memory with delight. Whittier has told the story in exquisite sweet¬ 
ness, thus — 

“ The bleat of sheep along the hill we heard, 

The bucket plashing in the cool, sweet well, 

The pasture-bars that clattered as they fell; 

Dogs barked, f^wls fluttered, cattle lowed; the gate 
Of the barn-yard creaked beneath the merry weight 
Of sun-hrown children, listening, while they swung, 

The welcome sound of supper-call to hear; 

And down the shadowy lane, in tinklings clear, 

The pastoral curfew of the cow-bell rung.” 

Children are almost universally fond of riding. At the larger 
resorts it is a luxury which can be only moderately indulged. But 
there are numerous places in New Hampshire, like Newport and 
Peterboro’, with many others which might be mentioned, where 
fine drives abound and good teams may be had at very reasonable 




charges. For instance, at Newport a single team may be had from 
the village livery, to drive to Sunapee Harbor, five miles distant, for 
$1.25 to $1.50, according to the length of time one is gone; a double 
team, with driver, to the same place, $3.00, or under; and at farm 
houses, in this region, the old farm-horse and open business wagon, 
safe for women and children, can be had by the day for $1.00, and a 
large three-seated wagon and driver, for an all-day picnic jaunt for 
from $2.00 to $3.00. 

From many of these places early morning trains will land one in 
Boston by 10 o’clock, and, leaving again at 3 o’clock, or later, set one 
down at the family’s boarding place before dark. 

Beside the information which is contained in the foregoing de¬ 
scription of places, and the lists of hotels and boarding places, tours, 
time-tables, etc., in subsequent pages of this book, additional infor¬ 
mation, as far as possible, will be willingly given by the passenger 
department of the Boston & Lowell Railroad on application, in person 
or by letter, at the office in the station on Causeway Street, or the 
office at 218 Washington Street, Boston. 


Tours tor tlie Season ot 



CHAPTER XII. 


The following forms of excursion 

tickets 

to local 

points 

on the 

Boston & Lowell Railroad, and return 

, are 

good until 

Oct. 31 

, 1886: 

Tour 

No. 

Form 

TO 



Boston 
or Salem. 

Lawrence. 

Lowell. 

1 

L R 

Amherst, N.H. 



.$2.40 

$2.00 

$1.25 

2 

L R 

Antrim, N.H. 




3.75 

3.00 

3 

50 R 

L R 

Ashland N.H. 



. 5.90 

5.40 

5.40 

4 

Bennington, N.H. 



. 3.80 

3.60 

2.85 

5 

571 R 

Blair’s, N.H. 



. 6.60 

6.10 

6.10 

6 

32 R 

Bradford, N.H. 




4.25 

4.25 

7 

82 R 

Bristol, N.H. 



. 4.50 

4.00 

4.00 

8 

572 R 

Campton Village, N.H. 



. 6.80 

6.30 

6.30 

9 

88 R 

Canaan, N.H. 



. 5.50 

5.00 

5.00 

10 

37 R 

Claremont, N.H. 



. 6.00 

5.50 

5.50 

11 

86 R 

Danbury, N.H. 




4.50 

4.50 

11A 
12 

83 R 
91 R 

Hast, Andovfir N.H. 



. 4.40 

3.90 

3.90 

5.60 

East Lebanon, N.H. 




5.60 

13 

90 R 

Enfield, N.H. 



. 6.00 

5.50 

5.50 

14 

80 R 

Franklin, N.H. 



. 4.25 

3.50 

3.50 

14A 

87 R 

Grafton, N.H. 



. 5.20 

4.70 

4.70 

15 

372 R 

Grafton Centre, N.H. 




4.75 

4.75 

16 

L R 

Greenfield, N.H. 



. 3.35 

3.10 

2.35 

17 

69 R 

Groveton Junction, N.H. 

. 

• • • • 

.10.75 

10.25 

10.25 

18 

L R 

Hancock, N.H. 



. 3.80 

3.60 

2.85 

19 

L R 

Harrisville, N.H. 



. 4.10 

4.00 

3.25 

20 

56 R 

Haverhill, N.H. 



. 8.60 

8.10 

8.10 

21 

L R 

Hillsboro, N.H. (via Hancock Junction) 

. 4.25 

4.15 

3.40 

22 

29 R 

Hillsboro, N.H. (via Concord). 



. 4.75 

3.50 

3.50 

23 

L R 

Keene, N.H. 




4.75 

4.00 

24 

43 R 

Laconia, N.H. 



. J5.00 

14.25 

+4.25 

25 

44 R 

Lake Village, N.H. 



. J5.00 

14.25 

14.25 

26 

68 R 

Lancaster, N.H. 



.10.75 

10.25 

10.25 

27 

92 R 

Lebanon, N.H. 



. 6.25 

5.75 

5.75 

28 

59 R 

Lisbon, N.H. 



. 9.75 

9.25 

9.25 

29 

60 R 

Littleton, N.H. 



.10.00 

9.50 

9.50 

30 

L R 

Marlboro’, N.H. 




4.40 

3.65 

31 

48 R 

Meredith, N.H. 



. 5.30 

4.80 

4.80 

32 

L R 

Milford, N.H. 



. 2 60 

2.25 

4.50 

1.50 

4.50 

33 

33 R 

Newbury, N.H. 



. 5.00 

34 

36 R 

Newport, N.H. 




5.10 

8.25 

5.10 

8.25 

34A 

70 R 

North Haverhill, N.H. 

. 


. 8.75 

35 

575 R 

North Woodstock, N.H. 



. 7 70 

7.20 

3.90 

5.80 

4.00 

7.20 

3.15 

5.80 

4.00 

36 

L R 

Peterboro’, N.H. 



. 4 70 

37 

51 R 

Plymouth, N.H. 



. 6 30 

38 

84 R 

Potter Place, N.H. 



. 4.50 

39 

L R 

South Lyndeboro’, N.H. 




2.75 

2.00 

40 

35 R 

Sunapee, N.H. . 




5.00 

5.00 

41 

41 R 

Tilton, N.H. 



. 4 75 

3.75 

3.50 

3.75 

3.50 

42 

30 R 

Warner, N.H. 




43 

55 R 

Warren, N.H. 




7.10 

7.10 

44 

45 R 

Weirs, N.H. 




14.50 

14.50 

45 

573 R 

West Thornton, N.H. 

. 

• • • . 

,. 7.20 

6.70 

6.70 

1-6 

65 R 

Whitefield, N.H. 



.10.50 

10.00 

10.00 

47 

94 R 

White River Junction, Vt. 




6.00 

6.00 

48 

L R 

Wilton, N.H. 




1.45 

6.90 

1.70 

6.90 

49 

574 R 

Woodstock, N.H. 

• . • • • • 

• • • • 

7.40 

50 

57 R 

Woodsville, N.H. 




8.40 

8.40 


$If limited to continuous passage, $4.00. 




















































SIDE TRIPS 


The side trips are given in this place with the belief that it is the 
most convenient form for reference in connection with the tours that 
follow. A glance at the very complete general map inserted in the 
first part of the book will enable the reader to determine how to use 
them to the best advantage. 


No. 51 A. 


AUSABLE CHASM, N.Y. 


1555 Ext. 


Burlington to Port Kent..Champlain Trans. Co. 

Port Kent to Ausable Chasm.Stage. 

Return same route. 

Rate SI.75. 


No. 51. 


BETHLEHEM, N.H. 


Usable with any Ticket to or via Bethlehem Junction. 

Bethlehem Junction to Bethlehem.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate Sl.OO. 


1531 Ext 


No. 52. 


CENTRE HARBOR, N.H. 


Weirs to Centre Harbor 
Rate 50 cents. 


Usable with any ticket via Weirs. 

.Steamer “ Lady of the Lake.” 

Return same route. 


1500 Ext 


No. 53. CRAWFORD HOUSE, N.H, 

Usable with any ticket to or via Fabyan’s. 

Fabyan’s to Crawford’s.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

Return same route. 


Rate 60 cents. 


1540 Ext 


No. 54. 


FABYAN’S, N.H. 


1520 Ext 


Usable with any ticket to or via Woodsville or Wells River. 

Woodsville or Wells River to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate *4.00. 


No. 55. 


JEFFERSON, N.H. 

Usable with any ticket to or via Wing Road. 


Wing Road to Whitefield.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Whitefield to Jefferson.Whitefield & Jefferson R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate *1.70. 


No. 56. 


MAPLEWOOD, N.H. 


1525 Ext 


1530 Ext 


Usable with any ticket to or via Bethlehem Junction. 

Bethlehem Junction to Maplewood..Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate 70 cents. 


No. 57. 


MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. 

Usable with any ticket to or via Fabyan’s 


1535 Ext 


Fabyan’s to Base Station.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Base Station to Summit.Mount Washington Ry. 

Return same route. 


Rate $6.00 





















120 


No. 58. MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. 

1536 Ext 

Usable with any Fabyan’s ticket. 

Fabyan’s to Base Station.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Base Station to Summit.Mount Washington Ry. 

Summit to Glen House.Stage Line. 

Glen House to Glen Station.Stage Line. 

Glen Station to Fabyan’s.Portland and Ogdensburg R.R. 

Rate $11.35. 


No. 59. MOUNT PLEASANT HOUSE, N.H. 

1521 Ext 

Usable with any ticket to or via Woodsville or Wells River. 
Woodsville or Wells River to Mount Pleas- j B & Lowell R<R# 

ant House. } 

Return same route. 

Rate $4.00. 


No. 60. MOUNT MOOSILAUKE, N.H. 

1512 Ext 

Usable with any ticket to or via Warren. 

Warren to Summit of Mountain.Stage Line. 

Return same route. 

Rate $3.35. 


No. 61. NORTH CONWAY, N.H. 

1543 Ext 

Usable with any Fabyan’s ticket. 

Fabyan’s to North Conway.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate $4.00. 


No. 62. PROFILE HOUSE, N.H. 

1532 Ext 

Usable with any ticket to or via Bethlehem Junction. 

Bethlehem Junction to Profile House.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate $3.00. 


No. 63. PROFILE HOUSE, N.H. 

1508 Ext 

Usable with any ticket to or via Plymouth. 

Plymouth to North Woodstock.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

North Woodstock to Profile House.P. Y. Stage Line. 

Return same route. 

Rate $5.40. 

* 

No. 64. TWIN MOUNTAIN HOUSE, N.H. 

1515 Ext 

Usable with any ticket to or via Woodsville or Wells River. 

Woodsville or Wells River to Twin Moun- It,. 0 t n r> -r. 

tain House. | Boston & Lowe11 R - R * 

Return same route. 

Rate $3.60. 


No. 65. WOLFEBORO 5 , N.H. 

1505 Ext 

Usable with any ticket to or via Weirs. 

Weirs to Wolfeboro’.Steamer “ Lady of the Lake.” 

Return same route. 



Rate 50 cents. 



















121 


LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. 


Tickets for these Tours expire October 20th. 


No. 66. . CENTRE HARBOR, N.H. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Weirs.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Weirs to Centre Harbor.Steamer “ Lady of the Lake.” 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $5.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $4.50. 

No. 67. Limited. 

Same route as No. 66, hut limited to continuous passage in both directions. 
Rate from Boston, Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $4.00. 


No. 68. Via Weirs; return via Wolfeboro’. 

Boston to Nashua.-. .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Weirs.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Weirs to Centre Harbor.Steamer “ Lady of the Lake.” 

Centre Harbor to Wolfeboro’.Steamer “ Lady of the Lake.” 

Wolfeboro’ to Boston.Boston & Maine R.R. 

Rate from Boston $7.50; from Salem, Lawrence or Lowell $6.70. 


46 R 


SL 46 R 


1600 X 


No. 69. WOLFEBORO’, N.H. 47 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Weirs.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Weirs to Wolfeboro’.Steamer ‘'Lady of the Lake.” 

Return same route. 


Rate from Boston $5.00 ; from Salem, Lawrence or Lowell $4.50. 


No. 70. Limited. SL 47 R 

Same route as No. 69, but tickets are limited to continuous passage in both directions. 
Rate from Boston, Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $4.00. 


LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG. 


NEWPORT, VT. 


No. 71. Via Wells River. 165 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Newport.Passumpsic R.R. 

Return same route. 


Rate from Boston $13.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $11.50. 

No. 72. Via Wells River; return via White River Junction. 1735 X 


Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Newport.Passumpsic R.R. 

Newport to White River Junction.Passumpsic R.R. 

White River Junction to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 


Rate from Boston $13.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $11.50. 

































122 


NEWPORT—Continued. 

No. 73. Via White River Junction ; return via Wells River. 1738 X 


Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Newport.Passumpsic R.R. 

Newport to Wells River.Passumpsic R.R. 

Wells River to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 


Rate from Boston $13.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $11.50. 


WHITE MOUNTAINS. 


No. 74. BETHLEHEM, N.H. 73 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 


Concord to Bethlehem Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Bethlehem.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $11.50; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $11.00. 


No. 75. MAPLEWOOD, N.H. 72 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 


Concord to Bethlehem Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Maplewood.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $11.30; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $10.70. 


No. 76. BETHLEHEM JUNCTION, N.H. 62 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 


Concord to Bethlehem Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $10.50; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $10.00. 


No. 77. CRAWFORD HOUSE, N.H. 314 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Fabyan’s to Crawford.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

Return same route. 


Rate from Boston $11.60; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $11.10. 


No. 77 A JEFFERSON, N.H. 403 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Whitefield.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Whitefield to Jefferson.Whitefield & Jefferson R.R. 

Return same route. 


Rate from Boston $11.00. from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $10.50. 


FABYAN’S. 


No. 78. Via Direct Line. 64 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Return same route. 


Rate from Boston £‘11.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $10.50. 







































123 


FABYAN’S—Continued. 

Via Direct Dine; return via Profile House and North 
No. 79. Woodstock. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Fabyan’s to Bethlehem Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Profile House.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Profile House to North Woodstock.P. V. Stage Line. 

North Woodstock to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston {$14.45; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $13.95. 

No. 80. Via North. Woodstock and Profile House; return direct. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord..Concord R.R. 

Concord to North Woodstock..Boston & Lowell R.R. 

North Woodstock to Profile House.P. V. Stage Line. 

Profile House to Bethlehem Junction.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Fabyan’s to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston. Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $514.45; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $13.95. 

No. 81. Via Direct Line ; return via Lake Winnipesaukee. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Fabyan’s to North Conway.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

North Conway to Wolfeboro’.Boston & Maine R.R. 

Wolfehoro* to Weirs.Steamer “ Lady of the Lake.” 

Weirs to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston. .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $13.05; form Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $12.55. 

No. 82. Via Lake Winnipesaukee; return direct. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Weirs.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Weirs to Centre Harbor and Wolfeboro’... .Steamer “ Lady of the Lake.” 

Wolfeboro’ to North Conway.Boston & Maine R.R. 

North Conway to Fabyan’s.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

Fabyan’s to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $13*05; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $13.55. 

No. 83. Via Direct Line; return via Portland and Old Orchard. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Fabyan’s to Portland.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

Portland to Boston.Boston & Maine R.R. 

Rate from Boston $12.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $11.50. 

No. 84. Via Direct Line; return via North Conway. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Fabyan’s to North Conway.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

North Conway to Boston.Boston & Maine R.R. 

Rate from Boston $12.00 ; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $11.50. 

No. 85. Via Direct Line; return via Portland and Steamer. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Fabyan’s to Portland.-.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

Portland to Boston.Portland Steam Packet Co. 

Not including transfer in Portland or state-room on steamer. 

Rate from Boston $10.50. 


1G30 X 


1650 X 


1636 X 


1665 X 


1638 X 


1635 X 


1640 X 


















































124 


FABYAN’S—Continued. 

Via North Woodstock and Profile House; return via 
No. 86. North Conway. 

Boston to Nashua."Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to North Woodstock.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

North Woodstock to Profile House.. ..P. Y. Stage Line. 

Profile House to Bethlehem Junction.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Fabyan’s to North Conway.Portland 8c Ogdensburg R.R. 

North Conway to Boston.Boston Sc Maine R.R. 

Rate from Boston $14.45; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $13.95. 


1655 X 


Via Pern. Valley; return via No. Conway and Lake Winnipesaukee. 

No. 87. 1660 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston Sc Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to No. Woodstock.Boston 8c Lowell R.R. 

No. Woodstock to Profile House.Pemigewasset Valley Stage. 

Profile House to Bethlehem Junction.Profile and Franconia Notch R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Fabyan’s to No. Conway.Portland Sc Ogdensburg R.R. 

No. Conway to Wolfboro’.Boston 8c Maine R.R. 

Wolfboro’ to Weirs.Winn. Steamboat Co. 

Weirs to Concord.. .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $15.50; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $15.00. 


No. 88. 


MOUNT PLEASANT, N.H. 

Same rate and route as Fabyan’s, No. 78. 


188 R 


MOUNT WASHINGTON. 

No. 89. Via Direct Line. 340 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston 8c Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Base Station.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Base Station to Summit.Mount Washington Ry. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $17.00; from Salem, Lawrence or Lowell $16.50. 

Via Direct Line; return via Profile House and North 
No. 90. Woodstock. 1670 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Base Station.Boston 8c Lowell R.R. 

Base Station to Summit.Mount Washington Ry. 

Summit to Base Station.Mount Washington Ry. 

Base Station to Bethlehem Junction.Boston 8c Lowell R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Profile House.Profile 8c Franconia Notch R.R. 

Profile House to North Woodstock.P. V. Stage Line. 

North Woodstock to Concord.Boston Sc Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $20.45; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $19.95, 

No. 91. Via North Woodstock and Profile House; return direct. 1690 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston 8c Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to North Woodstock.Boston 8c Lowell R.R. 

North Woodstock to Profile House.P. V. Stage Line. 

Profile House to Bethlehem Junction.Profile 8c Franconia Notch R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Base Station.Boston 8c Lowell R.R. 

Base Station to Summit.Mount Washington Ry. 

Summit to Base Station.Mount Washington Ry. 

Base Station to Concord.Boston 8c Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston Sc Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $20.45 ; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $19.95. 
























































125 


MT. WASHINGTON-Continued. 

No. 92. Via Direct Line; return Via Glen House and North Conway. 1630 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Base Station.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Base Station to Summit.Mount Washington Ry. 

Summit to Glen House.Stage Line. 

Glen House to Glen Station.Stage Line. 

Glen Station to North Conway.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

North Conway to Boston.Boston & Maine R.R. 

Rate from Boston 8819.75; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $19.25. 


No. 93. Via Direct Line; return via Glen House and Gorham. 1675 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord..Concord R.R. 

Concord to Base Station.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Base Station to Summit.Mount Washington Ry. 

Summit to Glen House.Stage Line. 

Glen House to Gorham.Stage Line. 

Gorham to Portland.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Portland to Boston.Boston & Maine R.R. 

Rate from Boston 18*20.30; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell 18*19.80. 


Via Direct Line; return via Glen House, North Conway, and 
No. 94. Lake Winnipesaukee. 1684 

Boston to Nashua...Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Base Station.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Base Station to Summit.Mount Washington Ry. 

Summit to Glen House.Stage Line. 

Glen House to Glen Station.Stage Line. 

Glen Station to North Conway.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

North Conway to Wolfeboro’.Boston & Maine R.R. 

Wolfeboro’ to Weirs..Steamer “ Lady of the Lake." 

Weirs to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston 8820.80; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell 8820.30. 


Via Direct Line; return via Glen Station and Crawford 
No. 95. Notch. 1677 X 


Boston to Nashua. 

Nashua to Concord. 

Concord to Base Station. 

Base Station to Summit- 

Summit to Glen House .. 

Glen House to Glen Station. 
Glen Station to Fabyan’s .... 

Fabyan’s to Concord. 

Concord to Nashua. 

Nashua to Boston. 

Rate from Boston 8823.25 ; 


.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Concord R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Mount Washington Ry. 

.Stage Line. 

.Stage Line. 

.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Concord R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell 8822.75. 


Via North Woodstock and Profile House; return via Glen 
No. 96. House and North Conway. 1695 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to North Whodstock.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

North Woodstock to Profile House.P. V. Stage Line. 

Profile House to Bethlehem Junction.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Base Station.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Base Station to Summit.Mount Washington Ry. 

Summit to Glen House.Stage Line. 

Glen House to Glen Station.Stage Line. 

Glen Station to North Conway.Portland & Ogdensburg R.R. 

North Conway to Boston.Boston & Maine R.R. 

Rate from Boston $22.20; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell 8821.70. 




















































MT. WASHINGTON-Continued 


Via North Woodstock and Profile House; return via Glen 
No. 97. House, North Conway, and Lake Winnipesaukee. 1699 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to North Woodstock.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

North Woodstock to Profile House.P. V. Stage Line. 

Profile House to Bethlehem Junction.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Base Station.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Base Station to Summit.Mount Washington Ry. 

Snmmit to Glen House.Stage Line. 

Glen House to Glen Station.Stage Line. 

Glen Station to North Conway.Portland & Ogdenshurg R.R. 

North Conway to Wolfehoro’.Boston & Maine R.R. 

Wolfehoro’ to Weirs.Steamer “ Lady of the Lake.” 

Weirs to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $23.25; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $22.75. 


PROFILE HOUSE. 

No. 98. Via All Rail Line. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Bethlehem Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Profile House.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $13.50; from Salem, Lawrence or Lowell $13.00. 


400 


No. 99. Via All Rail; return via North Woodstock. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Bethlehem Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Profile House.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Profile House to North Woodstock.. P. V. Stage Line. 

North Woodstock to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $13.50; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $13.00. 


1615 


No. 100. Via North Woodstock ; return All Rail. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to North Woodstock.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

North Woodstock to Profile House.P. V. Stage Line. 

Profile House to Bethlehem Junction.Profile & Franconia Notch R.R. 

Bethlehem Junction to Concord. ... .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $13.50; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $13.00. 


1620 


No. 101. Via North Woodstock. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to North Woodstock.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

North Woodstock to Profile House.P. V. Stage Line. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $11.70; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $11.20. 


310 


No. 102. TWIN MOUNTAIN HOUSE. 63 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 


Concord to Twin Mountain House.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate from BostoS $10.75; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $10.25. 

















































127 


VERMONT TOURS. 


To Local Points on C. V. R.R. 


No. 103. 


Via "White River Junction. 


434 R 


Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Jet. to the following stations.. .Central Vermont R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rates given are from Boston; Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell are 50 cents less. 


Sharon..$7.40 

South Royalton.7.70 

Bethel.8.20 

Randolph.8.70 

Roxbury.9.00 

Northfield.9.25 

Montpelier.9.50 


Barre.$10.00 

Waterbury.10.00 

Richmond.10.75 

Essex Junction.11.50 

Bu rlington.11.50 

Milton.11.75 

Georgia.11.85 


St. Albans.$12.00 

Swanton.12.50 

Alburgh Springs.12.50 

Rouses Point.13.00 

Highgate Springs.12.50 

St. Johns, Can.14.00 


MONTPELIER, VT. 

No. 104. Via Wells River. 445 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Montpelier.Montpelier & Wells River R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $9.50; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $9.00. 


No. 105. Via White River Junction; return via Wells River. 1725 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Montpelier.Central Vermont R.R. 

Montpelier to Wells River.Montpelier & Wells River R.R. 

Wells River to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $9.50; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $9.00. 


No. 105 A. Via Wells River; return via White River Junction. 1728 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Montpelier.Montpelier & Wells River R.R. 

Montpelier to White River Junction .Central Vermont R.R. 

White River Junction to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $9.50; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $9.00. 


No. 106. MOUNT MANSFIELD (Stowe), VT. 360 R 


Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Waterbury.Central Vermont R.R. 

Waterbury to Stowe.Stage. 


Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $11.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $10.50. 





















































128 


STOWE, VT. (Mt. Mansfield.) 

No. 106 A. Via Morrisville. 361 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to St. Johnsbury.Passumpsic R.R. 

St. Johnsbury to Morrisville.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Morrisville to Stowe.Stage. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $11.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $10.50. 


WELLS RIVER, VT. 

No. 106B. Via Plymouth; return via White River Junction. 


Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to White River Junction.Passumpsic R.R. 

White River Junction to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 


Rate from Boston $8.90; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $8.40. 


No. 106C. Via White River Junction; return via Plymouth. 


Boston to Nashua. „ .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to W T ells River.Passumpsic R.R. 

Wells River to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 


Rate from Boston $8.90; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $8.40. 


1705 X 


1708 X 


No. 106 D. WOODSTOCK, VT. 351 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 


Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Woodstock.Woodstock R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $7.90; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $7.40. 


ALBURGH SPRINGS, VT. 

No. 106 E. Via St. Johnsbury. 376 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to St. Johnsbury.Passumpsic R.R. 

St. Johnsbury to Swanton.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Swanton to Alburgh Springs.Central Vermont R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $12.50; from Salem, Lawrence or Lowell $12.00. 


No. 107. SHELDON SPRINGS. 582 R. 


Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to St. Albans.Central Vermont R.R. 

St. Albans to Congress Hall.Missisquoi R.R. 


Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $12.50 ; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $12.00. 









































129 


CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION, VT. 

No. 107 A. Via St. Johnshury; return via White River Junction. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to St. Johnshury.Passumpsic R.R. 

St. Johnshury to Cambridge Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Cambridge Junction to Essex Junction.Burlington & Lamoille R.R. 

Essex Junction to White River Junction... .Central Vermont R.R. 

White River Junction to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $12.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $11.50. 


No. 107 B. Via White River Junction ; return via St. Johnshury. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Essex Junction-Central Vermont R.R. 

Essex Junction to Cambridge Junction.Burlington & Lamoille R.R. 

Cambridge Junction to St. Johnshury.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

St. Johnshury to Wells River.Passumpsic R.R. 

Wells River to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $12.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $11.50. 


1830 X 


1835 X 


ST. JOHNSBURY, VT. 

No. 107 C. Via Wells River ; return via White River Junction. 1715 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to St. Johnshury.Passumpsic R.R. 

St. Johnshury to White River Junction.Passumpsic R.R. 

White River Junction to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $10.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $9.50. 

No. 107 D. Via White River Junction ; return via Wells River. 1718 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowrnll R.R. 

Nashua to Concord..Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction. Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to St. Johnshury-Passumpsic R.R. 

St. Johnshury to Wells River.Passumpsic R.R. 

Wells River to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua. .Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $10.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $9.50. 


To Local Points on Vermont Division. 

No. 107 E. Via St. Johnshury. 

Boston to Nashua. Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to St. Johnshury.Passumpsic R.R. 

St. Johnshury to the following stations.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rates given are from Boston; Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell are 50 cents less. 


410 R 


Lunenburg.$11 CO 

E. Concord. 11 OO 

Miles Pond. li 00 

No. Concord. 10 80 

W. Concord. 10 60 

E. St. Johnshury... 10 30 

Danville. 10 80 

W. Danville. 11 00 

Walden. 11 00 


G-reensboro’.$11 

E. Hardwick. 11 

Hardwick. 11 

Wolcott. 11 

Morrisville. 11 

Hyde Park. 11 

Johnson... 11 

Cambridge June.... 12 
Fletcher. 12 


00 

E. Fairfield. 

.$12 50 

00 

Fairfield. 


00 

Sheldon. 

. 12 50 

00 

Sheldon Junction.. 

. 12 50 

00 

E. Highgate. 

. 12 50 

20 

Highgate. 

. 12 50 

60 

E. Swanton. 

.. 12 50 

00 

S wanton. 


30 

Maquam Bay. 





































































130 


Vermont and Canadian Tours to Local Points on 

Passumpsic R.R. 


No. 108. 


Via White River Junction. 


437 R 


Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Jet. to the following stations. .Passumpsic R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rates given are from Boston; Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell are 50 cents less. 


Norwich, Vt.$6.75 

Thetford,Vt.7.30 

Elv, Vt.7.55 

Fairlee, Vt.7.75 

Bradford, Vt.8.20 

Newbury, Vt.8.65 


Wells River, Vt.. .$8.90 

Barnet, Vt.9.60 

St. Johnsbury, Vt.,10.00 

Lyndonville, Vt-10.00 

West Burke, Vt....10.00 
Barton, Vt.11.00 


Barton Ldg., Vt. $11. 

Stanstead, P.Q.12.40 

Ayers Flats, P.Q... 13.00 
Lennoxville, P.Q... 13.85 
Sherbrooke, P.Q... 14.00 


Vermont and Canadian Tours to Local Points on 

Passumpsic R.R. 

No. 109. Via Wells River. 432 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to the following stations.Passumpsic R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rates given are from Boston; Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell are 50 cents less. 


St. Johnsbury, Vt.$10.00 

Lyndonville, Vt.10.00 

West Burke, Vt.... 10.00 


Barton, Vt.$11.00 

Barton Landing, Vt.11.25 
Stanstead, P.Q.12.40 


Ayer’s Flats, P.Q.$13.00 
Lennoxville, P.Q...13.85 
Sherbrooke, P.Q.... 14.00 


CANADIAN TOURS. 


No. 110. 


Nashua to Concord. . 

Concord to White River June 
White River Junction to St. Ji 


Rate from Boston $14.00: 


MONTREAL. 


Via C. V. Line. 


. .Boston & Lowell R.R. 


. .Concord R.R. 


. .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

I : 

. .Central Vermont R.R. 


. .Grand Trunk Ry. 


same route. 

Li 

, Lawrence, or Lowell $14.00. 

H 


No. 111. 


Via C. V. Line; return via M. & B. Air Line. 


1760 X 


Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to St. Johns_ .... .Central Vermont R.R. 

St. Johns to Montreal.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Montreal to Newport.South Eastern Ry. 

Newport to Wells River.Passumpsic R.R. 

Wells River to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Bostou.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $16.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $15.50. 













































131 


MONTREAL Continued. 

No. 112. Via M. & B. Air Bine; return via C. V. Bine. 1770 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Newport.Passumpsic R.R. 

Newport to Montreal.South Eastern Ry. 

Montreal to St. Johns.Grand Trunk Ry. 

St.Johns to 'White River Junction..Central Vermont R.R. 

White River Junction to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $16.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $15.50. 

No. 113. Via M. & B. Air Bine. 398 R 

Boston to Nashua .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Newport.Passumpsic R.R. 

Newport to Montreal.South Eastern Ry. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $14.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $14.00. 

No. 114. Via Ogdensburg, N.Y.; return via St. Lawrence River. 1750 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Rouses Point.Central Vermont R.R. 

Rouses Point to Ogdensburg.Ogdenshurg & Lake Champlain R.R. 

Ogdensburg to Prescott.Ferry. 

Prescott to Montreal.Grand Trunk Ry., or R. & 0. Nav. Co. 

Montreal to St. Johns.Grand Trunk Ry. 

St. Johns to White River Junction,.Central Vermont R.R. 

White River Junction to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $20.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $19,50. 

No. 115. Via Groveton; return via C. V. Bine. 1780 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Groveton Junction... .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Groveton Junction to Montreal.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Montreal to St. Johns.Grand Trunk Ry. 

St. Johns to White River Junction.Central Vermont R.R. 

White River Junction to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $16.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $15.50. 

No. 116. Via C. V. Bine; return via Groveton. 1763 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to St. Johns.Central Vermont R.R. 

St. Johns to Montreal.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Montreal to Groveton Junction.Grand Trunk Rv. 

Groveton Junction to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua..Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston . .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $16.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $15.50. 

No. 117. Via Groveton; return via M. & 15. Air Bine. 1783 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Groveton Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Groveton Junction to Montreal.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Montreal to Newport.South Eastern Ry. 

Newport to Wells River.Passumpsic R.R. 

Wells River to Concord .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua. .Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $16.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $15.50. 
























































132 


MONTREAL—Continued. 


No. 118. Via M. & B. Air Line; return via Groveton. 1773 X 

Boston to Nashua..Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River. Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Newport.Passumpsic R.R. 

Newport to Montreal.South Eastern Ry. 

Montreal to Groveton Junction.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Groveton Junction to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston. .. .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $16.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $15.50. 

No. 119. Via Fabyan’s; return via M. & B. Air Line. 1777 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Fabyan’s to St. Johnsbury.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

St. Johnsbury to Newport.Passumpsic R.R. 

Newport to Montreal.South Eastern Ry. 

Montreal to Newport.South Eastern Ry. 

Newport to Wells River.Passumpsic R.R. 

Wells River to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $30.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $19.50. 

No. 120. Via Fabyan’s; return via Central Vermont Line. 1778 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Fabyan’s.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Fabyan’s to St. Johnsbury.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

St. Johnsbury to Newport.Passumpsic R.R. 

Newport to Montreal.South Eastern Ry. 

Montreal to St. Johns.Grand Trunk Ry. 

St. Johns to White River Junction.Central Vermont R.R. 

White River Junction to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $30.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $19.50. 


No. 121. 


OTTAWA. 

Boston to Montreal and return by any route given. 


1563 Ext 


Montreal to Coteau.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Coteau to Ottawa.Canada Atlantic Ry. 

Return same route. 

Rate $4.00 added to Montreal. 


No. 122. 


Boston to Montreal and return by any route given. 1560 Ext 


Montreal to Ottawa and return.Canadian Pacific Ry. 

Rate $4.00 added to Montreal. 

No. 123. Boston to Montreal and return by any route given. 1566 Ext 

Montreal to Ottawa.Canadian Pacific Ry. 

Ottawa to Prescott.Canadian Paciiic Ry. 

Prescott to Montreal...Grand Trunk Ry., or R. & O. Nav. Co. 

Rate $7.85 added to Montreal. 


QUEBEC. 

No. 124. Via M. & B. Air Line and Grand Trunk By. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River...Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Sherbrooke.Passumpsic R.R. 

Sherbrooke to Quebec.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $18.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $17.50. 


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133 


QUEBEC—Continued. 


No. 125. Via Sherbrooke; return via Montreal Air line. 1795 X 


Boston to Nashua. 

Nashua to Concord. 

Concord to Wells River... 
Wells River to Sherbrooke 

Sherbrooke to Quebec. 

Quebec to Montreal. 

Montreal to Newport. 

Newport to Wells River... 
Wells River to Concord... 

Concord to Nashua. 

Nashua to Boston. 

Rate from Boston $18.00 


.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

..Concord R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Passumpsic R.R. 

.Grand Trunk Ry. 

.North Shore Ry., or R. & 0. Nav. Co. 

.South Eastern Ry. 

.Passumpsic R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Concord R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $17.50. 


No. 126. Via Montreal Air line; return via Sherbrooke. 1793 X 


Boston to Nashua. 

Nashua to Concord. 

Concord to Wells River. 

Wells River to Newport- 

Newport to Montreal. 

Montreal to Quebec. 

Quebec to Sherbrooke.. 

Sherbrooke to Wells River.. 
Wells River to Concord.... 

Concord to Nashua. 

Nashua to Boston. 

Rate from Boston $18.00; 


.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Concord R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Passumpsic R.R. 

.South Eastern Ry. 

.North Shore Ry., or R. & 0. Nav. Co. 

.Grand Trunk Ry. 

.Passumpsic R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Concord R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $17.50. 


No. 127. Via C. V. line and Montreal. 466 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to St. Johns.Central Vermont R.R. 

St. Johns to Montreal.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Montreal to Quebec.North Shore Ry., or R. & 0. Nav. Co. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $18.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $17.50. 


No. 128. Via Montreal, C. V. line; return via Sherbrooke. 1790 X 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord..Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to St. Johns.Central Vermont R.R. 

St. Johns to Montreal.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Montreal to Quebec.North Shore Ry., or R. & O. Nav. Co. 

Quebec to Sherbrooke.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Sherbrooke to Wells Ri\ er.Passumpsic R.R. 

Wells River to Concord.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Concord to Nashua.Concord R.R. 

Nashua to Boston.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Rate from Boston $18.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $17.50. 


No. 129. Via Groveton ; return via Sherbrooke. 


Boston to Nashua. 

Nashua to Concord. 

Concord to Groveton. 

Groveton to Quebec. 

Quebec to Sherbrooke. 

Sherbrooke to Wells River 

Wells River 1o Concord- 

Concord to Nashua. 

Nashua to Boston. 

Rate from Boston $18.00 


.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Concord R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Grand Trunk Ry. 

.Grand Trunk Ry. 

.Passumpsic R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

..Concord R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $17.50. 


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134 


QUEBEC—Continued. 


No. 130. Via Sherbrooke; return via Groveton. 


Boston to Nashua. 

Nashua to Concord. 

Concord to Wells River... 
Wells River to Sherbrooke, 

Sherbrooke to Quebec. 

Quebec to Groveton. 

Groveton to Concord. 

Concord to Nashua. 

Nashua to Boston. 

Rate from Boston $18.00 


.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Concord R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Passumpsic R.R. 

.Grand Trunk Ry. 

.Grand Trunk Ry. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

.Concord R.R. 

.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell SI7.50. 


1799 X 


No. 131. Via M. & B. Air Line and Montreal. 


460 R 


Boston to Nashua...Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Newport.Passumpsic R.R. 

Newport to Montreal...South Eastern Ry. 

Montreal to Quebec.North Shore Ry., or R. & O. Nav. Co. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $18.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $17.50. 


No. 132. SAGUENAY RIVER. 1575 Ext 

Boston to Quebec and return by any tour given. 

Quebec to Ha Ha Bay and return.Steamer. 

Rate $ 8.00 added to Quebec rate. 


No. 133. ST. LEON SPRINGS. 1570 Ext 

Boston to Montreal and return by any tour given. 


Montreal to Louiseville.North Shore Ry. 

Louiseville to St. Leon Springs.Stage. 


Return same route. 
Rate ®3.50 added to Montreal rate. 


Local Canadian Points on South Eastern Ry. 

No. 134. Via Newport. 450 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Newport.Passumpsic R.R. 

Newport to the following stations.South Eastern Ry. 

Return same route. 

Rates given are from Boston; Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell rates are 50 cents less. 

Waterloo, P.Q.$15.00 Acton, P.Q.$16.00 

Farnham.$14.00 Sorel.16.50 


Local Canadian Points on Grand Trunk Ry. 

No. 135. Via Sherbrooke. 468 R 

Boston to Nashua...Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Sherbrooke.Passumpsic R.R. 

Sherbrooke to the following stations.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Return same route. 

Rates given are from Boston; Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell rates are 50 cents less. 


Richmond.$16.00 

Arthabaska. 18.00 

Doucett’s Landing. 18!oo 


QUEBEC TOURS. Nos. 1243,1253j, 1265 , 1283 , 129^, 1303j have same rates and routes 
as 124, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, except that between Sherbrooke and Quebec, the Oue- 
bec Central R’y is used instead of the Grand Trunk R’y. 










































135 


MISCELLANEOUS TOURS. 


Ko. 136. DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. 

vs 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 


Concord to Groveton Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Groveton Junction to No. Stratford.Grand Trunk R’y. 

No. Stratford to Colebrook.Blanchard’s Stage. 

Colebrook to Dixvillo Notch.Blanchard’s Stage. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $15.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $14.50. 


No. 137. COLEBROOK, N.H. 

Boston to Nashua .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 


Concord to Groveton Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Groveton Junction to North Stratford.Grand Trunk Ry. 

North Stratford to Colebrook.Blanchard’s Stage. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $13.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $13.50. 


No. 133. CONNECTICUT LAKE, N.H. 

Boston to Nashua.... .Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord...Concord R.R. 


Concord to Groveton Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Groveton Junction to North Stratford.Grand Trunk Ry. 

North Stratford to Colebrook.Blanchard’s Stage. 

Colebrook to Connecticut Lake.Blanchard’s Stage. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $17.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $1G.50. 


No. 139. LAKE MECANTIC. 

Boston lo Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Wells River.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Wells River to Sherbrooke.Passumpsic R.R. 

Sherbrooke to Lake Meganiic.International R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $17.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $16.5C. 


NORTH CONWAY, N.H. 

No. 140. Via Lake Winnipesankee; return via Portsmouth or Dover. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Weirs.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Weirs to Wolfeboro’ ..Steamer “ Lady of the Lake.” 

Wolfeboro* to North Conway.Boston & Maine R.R. 

North Conway to Boston.Boston & Maine R.R. 

Rate from Boston $9.05 ; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $8.55 

NORTH STRATFORD, N.H, (Brunswick Springs.) 
No. 141. Via Direct Line. 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Groveton Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Groveton Junction to North Stratford.Grand Trunk Ry. 

(Brunswick Springs.) 

Return same mute. 

Rate from Boston $11.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $10.50. 


No. 142. Via Direct Line; return via Portland and Old Orchard. 


Boston to Nashua. Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to Groveton Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Groveton Junction to North Stratford.Grand Trunk Ry. 

North Stratford to Portland.Grand Trunk Ry. 

Portland to Boston.Boston & Maine R.R. 


Rate from Boston $14.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $13.50. 


192 R 


191 R 


194 R 


469 R 


1607 X 


584 R 


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136 

No. 143. ALEXANDRIA BAY, N.Y. 355 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 


Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Rouses Point.Central Vermont R.R. 

Rouses Point to Ogdensburg.Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain R.R. 

Ogdensburg to Alexandria Bay.Steamer. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $18.50; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $18.00. 


No. 144. CHATEAUGAY CHASM, N.Y. 381 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 


Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Rouses Point.Central Vermont R.R. 

Rouses Point to Chateaugay.Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain R.R. 

Chateaugay to Chateaugay Chasm.Stage. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $15.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $14.50. 


No. 145. OGDENSBURG, N.Y. 123 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 


Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Rouses Point.Central Vermont R.R. 

Rouses Point to Ogdensburg.Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain R.R. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $17.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $16.50. 


ADIRONDACKS, N.Y. 

No. 146. Blue Mountain House. 383 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Rouses Point.Central Vermont R.R. 

Rouses Point to Moira.Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain R.R. 

Moira to Spring Cove.No. Adirondack R.R. 

Spring Cove to Blue Mountain House.Stage. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $18.70; from Salem, Lawrence or Lowell $18.20. 


Paul Smith’s, Rainbow House, Saranac Bake House, or 
No. 147. Prospect House. 384 R 

Boston to Nashua...Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Rouses Point.Central Vermont R.R. 

Rouses Point to Moira.Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain R.R. 

Moira to Paul Smith’s Station.No. Adirondack R.R. 

Paul Smith’s Station to destination.Stage. 

Return same route. 

Rates given are from Boston; Lawrence Lowell or Salem, 50 cents less. 

Paul Smith’s.$20.00 Saranac Lake House.$22.50 

Rainbow House.22.00 Prospect House.23.00 


No. 148. Ralphs. 382 R 

Boston to Nashua.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

Nashua to Concord.Concord R.R. 

Concord to White River Junction.Boston & Lowell R.R. 

White River Junction to Rouses Point.Central Vermont R.R. 

Rouses Point to Chateaugay.Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain R.R. 

Chateaugay to Lower Chateaugay Lake.Stage. 

Lower Chateaugay Lake to Ralphs.Steamer. 

Return same route. 

Rate from Boston $17.00; from Salem, Lawrence, or Lowell $16.50. 



















































Hotels and. Boarding Houses Reached hv the 
Boston <£ Lowell System, 



The following list has been compiled 
from the best information obtainable 
in season to present for use of sum¬ 
mer travellers. As this work was 
necessarily done several weeks in advance of the opening of 
1 / / the pleasure season, some errors may appear, but it will be 

I / found sufficiently reliable for use as a basis of inquiry by 

those seeking a place of summer sojourn. The towns and 
stations are arranged in alphabetical order instead of by locality, with 
the belief that this plan makes the most convenient form for reference. 


Name of House. 


Proprietors. 


Accom- Price Price 
modate. per day. per week. 


AMHERST, N. H., (Milford Springs), on Keene Branch, 48 miles from Boston. 


Barnes & Dunklee. 


200 


$3.50 


Hotel Ponemah, ) 

Milford Springs, $ 

1§ miles from station by hotel coach. Post-office and Telegraph address, Amherst 
Station. 


Following parties take boarders at prices ranging from $5.00 to $8.00 per week : Wm. 
Melindy, 30; Wm. Colston, 20; F. Noyes, 25; S. Wilkinson, 15; D. A. Peabody, 
20; P. W. Dodge, 20; Mrs. P. C. Bartlett, 15; Henry Fletcher, 20. 


ANTRIM, N.H., 75 miles from Boston via Hancock Junction on Hillsboro’ Branch. 

Boardinghouses from $4.00 to $7.00 per week: Eben Bass, 50; A. C. Pike, 16; L. T. 

Lovewell, 10; Edward Whitely, 10; B. D.Felch, *8; J. M. Duncan, 12. 

* P. O., Bennington. 


ASHLAND, N.H. Pleasantly situated in the northern part of the lake region, on 
the White Mountains Division. Mount Prospect is a short distance north, in the 
town of Holderness, of which Ashland formerly formed a part. 


Squam Lake House... 
Chestnut Hills House 


C. H. Daniels.. 

... 1 30 

1 $1.00 

1 $7 to 14 

Alden Bowks. 

... | 18 

|. 

6.00 










































































































































































































































































































































139 


Name of House. 


Proprietors. 


Accom- I Price I Price 

modate. | per day. jperweek. 


BELMONT, N.H., 6 miles from Tilton by stage, and a quiet and healthful retreat. 


Elm House. 

Brown’s Hotel. 

J. Badger. 

A. W. Brown. 

12 

30 


Belmont House. 

Ira Mooney. 

20 

$1.25 

Highland View House. 

AV. P. Chester. 

35 

.... .... 


BENTON, N-H. A quiet country retreat, near Moosilauke, 5 miles distant from the 
North Haverhill station, on the White Mountains Division. 

Boarding houses from $4.00 to $6.00 a week : O. L. Mann, 4; C. B. Keyscr, 6; G. W. 
Mann, 6; Mrs. C. C. Tyler, 10. 

BENNINGTON, N.H., 73 miles from Boston via Hancock Junction. 

Boarding houses, from $5.00 to $7.00 per week: John T. Robertson, 30; J. E. Favor, 
15; Warren D. Hatch, 10; B. E. Bryant, 20; J. C. Dodge, 30; L. A. Knight, 20; 
Benj. D. Felch, 20; E. Holt, 30; M. M. Cheney, 10. 


BETHLEHEM, N.H. Bee special description elsewhere. 


Maplewood Hotelf. 

Maplewood Cottage j. 

Ainslie & McGilvray.... 
Charles B. Goodwin. 

400 

100 

$4.50 

3.00 

$10 to 18 

Sinclair House. 

Durgin & Fox. 

350 

3.50 

17^ to 24£ 

Centennial House. 

H. W. AVilder. 

50 

2.00 

8 to 12 


C. H. Clark. 

65 


9 to 17 

Highland House. 

J. H. Clark. 

100 

2^ to 3 

18 to 30 

Bellevue House. 

David S. Phillips. 

90 

lito2 

7 to 10 

Prospect House. 

Mrs. Geo. W. Phillips.. 

85 

2.00 

7 to 10 


•T. Tt. Barrett,. 

100 

2.50 

10 to 16 


G. T,. Gilmore. 

40 


7 to 12 


F. H. Abbott,. 

16 





40 

1.50 

8 to 15 


C. E. Bunker. 

60 

2.00 

10 to 12 


D. W. Ranlet. 

100 





40 



Mount Washington House.. 

C. L. Bartlett. 

60 

2.50 

10 to 14 


TToratio Nye . 

65 

2.00 

8 to 12 


A. AV. Blandin. 

40 

2.00 

7 to 10 


C. F. Davis. 

50 


8 to 14 


R P Pw^tt. ... 

16 



Bethlehem House . 

H. E. Richardson & Co. 

45 

2.00 

8 to 15 


AV. F Sanborn. 

15 


5 to 7 


Allen Thompson. 

15 

1.00 

7 to 9 


.Toseph Philhrick. 

15 


7 to 8 


J. C. & F. L. Kelly. 

60 

2.50 

8 to 15 


James N. Turner. 

75 

2.00 

8 to 15 


Airs. J. F. AVilder . 

12 

1.50 

7.00 


A. S. Phillips.... . 

20 


5.00 


Frank Glazier. 

25 


5 to 7 


J, B. Bean. 

20 


7.00 



30 


7 to 10 


C. H. Nichols . 

16 


7 to 10 

w ooaniuu . * 


15 


8 to 15 


R. H. Gardner. 

15 

. 

7.00 


C G. White & Son. 

40 


7 to 10 

riummer xiouse .. 

Garfield Cottage . 

Geo. A. Gilman . 

13 


5 to 7 


f P. O. address, Maplewood, N.H. * P. O. address, Littleton, N.H. 


BLAIR’S N.H., on the Pemigewasset Valley Branch. 

Blair’s House.| J. C. Blair.| 60 | $2.00 | $7 to 10 


BRADFORD, N.H., 102 miles from Boston via Concord. 


Gillis House. 

Bradford Springs Hotel*.... 
Bradford Hotel. 


Chas. Gillis.. ■ 
H. McCoy.... 
M. C. Bartlett 


25 

150 


$7 to 12 


Boarding houses from $5.00 to $7.00 per week: A. H. Cheney, 8; B. H. Hardy, 10. 

* P. O., East Washington. 


BRUNSWICK SULPHUR SPRINGS. See special description elsewhere. 

Brunswick Springs House.. | Henry Smith.| 100 | $2.00 | $7 to 10^ 
































































































































140 


Accom¬ 

modate. 


Price 

per day. 


Price 

per week. 


Name of House. 


Proprietors. 


CAMPTON VILLAGE, N.H., on the Pemigewasset Valley Branch, and the main 
station for the town of Campton. 


Hillside House. 
Brook Farm House.. 

Damon House. 

Willey House. 

Maplewood House... 
Village Farm House. 

Webster Farm. 

Sunset Hill House... 

Highland House. 

Boarding House. 


Frank Chase. 

George Foss. 

Warren Damon. 

Frank Hart. 

A. B. Cook. 

Frederic A. Mitchell.. 
Charles G. Webster... 

W. W. Buchanan. 

J. W. Morrison. 

Stephen D. Kinsman. 
Dr. W. A. Smith. 


Charles Cutter. 

CANAAN, N.H., 126 miles from Boston, on Northern Division. 

Crystal Lake House. Mrs. M. S. A. Derby... 

Sunset House. H. B. Tenney. 

Dunstin Cottage. Mrs. R. Dunstin. 

Jerusalem Spring House.... E. B. Hibbard. 

CANTERBURY, N.H., 10 miles above Concord, on the White Mountains Division. 


45 

$1.00 

$7 to 10 

20 


5 to 6 

12 


5.00 

20 


7.00 

25 


7 to 10 

20 


7.00 

10 



50 

2.' 0 

7 to 12 

25 


6 to 7 

15 


7.00 

10 


7.00 

20 


7.00 

ision. 

P. O., Canaan St 

50 


$6 to 10 

30 

• • • • . . . 

5 to 7 

15 


5 to 7 

75 


7 to 9 


Davis House. 
Hillside Farm... 
Eglantine Hall.. 
Pippo House.... 
Hillside Farm... 
Hancock House.. 
Boarding House. 


S. S. Davis. 

Mrs. E. Gale. 

E. E. Pickard- 

O. W. Dow. 

Myron C. Foster. 
G. W. Fletcher.. 
George Peverly.. 


20 

10 

8 

12 

8 

40 

20 


$5 to 6 
5 to 6 
5.00 
5.00 
4 to 5 
to 6 
4 to 6 


CENTRE HARBOR, N.H. See article on Lake Winnipesaukee. 


Senter House, 

Moulton House. 

Sunset House, Pine Hill.... 

Lake House. 

Locust Cottage. 

Brown Cottage. 

Lakeside Cottage. 

Willow Cottage. 

Bean Farm. 

Red Hill Cottage. 

Lake View House. 

Boarding House. 

it ii 


J. L. Huntress & Son. 

S. F. Emery. 

J. K. Kelsea. 

Mrs. Almon Benson_ 

B. F. Kelsea... 

B. F. Wentworth. 

Mrs. A. M. Graves. 

Stephen Wentworth.... 
Mrs. A. M. Bean & Son. 

F. F. Green. 

R. D. Green. 

W. A. Page. 


C. H. Weeks. 

CLAREMONT, N.H., 129 miles from Boston via Concord. 

Thomas B. Underhill.. 

H. C. Fitch & Son. 

C. M. Lute. 


Junction House. 
Maple Cottage. 
Cross’s Hotel.. 


Parsons House. 
Monadnock House.. 
Table Rock Cottage 
Boarding House.... 


150 

$3.00 

$14 to 21 

75 

2.00 

8 to 12 

40 

1.00 

5 to 7 

25 

1.00 

5 to 7 

25 


6 to 10 

18 



15 


5 to 7 

25 

1.00 

7.00 

12 


6.00 

10 


6.00 

15 


6.00 

25 


7 to 10 

10 



•d. 



50 

$2.00 

$7 to 12 

50 

2.00 

5 to 8 

20 


6 to 7 

iston via Concord 


30 


$5 to 8 

25 

$1.00 

6.00 

25 

1.00 

6.00 


Belmont House. 

Sullivan House.. 

Boarding House. 

CLAREMONT JUNCTION, N.H., 131 miles from Boston via Concord. 

Henry Barker. 

F. Petts. 

Cross & Whitmore. 

COLEBROOK, N.H. Reached via the White Mountains Division to Groveton, 
thence by Grand Trunk Railway to North Stratford, and by stage fourteen miles 
from the latter point. 

E. Small. 150 

T. G. Rowen. 100 

G. A. Gleason. 10 

Davis Graham . 12 

Daniel Cummings. 10 

Adelia Lyman. ... 10 

H. Bedell. 15 

Eben Noyes. 10 

J. C. Marshall. 10 

Mrs. Phebe Cooper. 10 

J. W. Cooper. 10 

S. S. Gilman. 8 

Mrs. E. P. Tibbetts. ... 6 

W. G. Lyman. 8 

W. II. Whipple. 8 

G. S. Leavitt. 6 

S. P. Robie.. 6 

E. C. Wilder. 4 


$2.00 

$9 to 14 


6.00 


5 to 7 










5 to 8 


5 t > 8 

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141 


Name of House. 

Proprietors. 

Accom- 

| modate. 

Price 
per day. 

Price 
per week. 

CONNECTICUT LAKE, 

N.H., 40 miles from North Stratford. 


Connecticut Lake House.... 

O. F. Bumford. 

30 

$1.50 

$6 to 10 

CRAWFORD HOUSE. See special article. 




Crawford House. 

Barron, Merrill & Barron 1 
C. 11. Merrill, Manager. 

400 

$4.50 

$21 to 28 


DANBURY, N.H., 113 miles from Boston on Northern Division. 

Farm houses : J. L- Hillard, A. J. Danforth, J. S. Roby, Moses Roby, G-. H. Jackson, 
H. L. Brown, G. B. Pulsifer. 


DANVILLE, Vfc., on the Vermont Division, 203 miles from Boston via St. Johnsbury. 
Elm House.| C. W. Thurher.| 100 |.| . 


DIMOND POND, N.H., 23 miles from North Stratford, 10 miles from Colebrook. 
P. O. address, Colebrook, N.II. 


Camp Dimond. M. B. Noyes_ 

Dimond House. P. D. Heath.... 

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. 

Dix House.J George Parsons 


35 

1. 

$7 to 10 

20 

1. 

7 to 10 

100 

| $2.00 

$7 to 14 



DUBLIN, N.H., 4 miles from Harrisville station, on Manchester & Keene Branch; 
stage, 8 miles by private teams. 

Appleton House.| Dr. Leffenwell.| 100 | $2.00 | $10 to 15 

Boardinghouses; Mrs. J. Gleason, 18; G. A. Gowing, 18; S. Adams, Jr., 25; Mrs. P. 

Rice, 20; Eliza Adams, 8; W. J. Greenwood, 8. 

Nearly all the private familes take boarders, at prices from $5.00 to $10.00 per week. 

EAST FAIRFIELD, Vt., on the Vermont Division, 263 miles from Boston via 
St. Johnsbury. 

Isham House.] H. S. Ishara. 

Beals’ Hotel...| E. H. Beals. 

EAST HARDWICK, Vt., on the Vermont Division, 220 miles from Boston via 
St. Johnsbury. 

Boarding houses from $4.00 to $7.00 per week .* G. L. Johnson, 6; Albert Currier, 10. 

EAST LEXINGTON, Mass., 9 miles from Boston. 

Willard House.| F. Locke.I 50 | $2.00 | $10.00 


25 

1 $1.50 

$5.00 

10 

| 1.50 

5.00 


Vineyard Cottage. 

Belmont Cottage. 

Lake View House. 

Lakeside House. 

Maplewood House. 

Philbrick House. 

Highland View House. 
Boarding House. 


H. B. Philbrook.. 

A. J. Young. 

James Sanborn.... 
Henry Q. Dalton.. 
M. W. Bennett — 
G. A. Philbrick... 
W. P. Chester.... 
Mrs. Lizzie Small. 


25 


28 


30 


40 


25 


35 


35 


10 



$5 to 6 
5 to 6 
5 to 7 
5 to 6 
5 to 6 

5 to 7 

6 to 8 
5 to 6 
















































































142 


Name op House. 


Proprietors. 


ENFIELD, N.H., 133 miles from Boston, on Northern Division 


Day Dawn House . 
Montcalm House.. 

Elm Cottage. 

Kenyan’s Hotel.... 
Lake View House. 


Mrs. Amy Day. 
J. II. Morse.... 
J. S. Jackman.. 
E. A. Kenyan.. 
W. A. Sanders.. 


Accom¬ 

modate. 

Price 

per day. 

Price 

per week. 

Division. 


50 

• • • • • • • 

$5 to 6 

35 


6 to 10 

10 


5 to 7 

25 

• • • • ... 

5 to 7 

12 

$2.00 

8.00 


Boardinghouses : B. Morgan, 10; N. Morgan, 8. 


EAST ANDOVER, N.H. 

Weymouth Farm.— 

Farm House. 

<< U 


, 100 miles from Boston, on Northern Division. 


H. C. Weymouth. 

30 


Mrs. F. Hale Flanders.. 

10 


Jonathan Cilley. 

8 

....... 


$6 to 10 
5 to 8 
4 to 6 


FABYAN’S, N.H. See special article. 


Fabyan nouse. 

White Mountain House 
Mount Pleasant House. 


Barron, Merrill & Barron 
O. G. Barron, Manager. 

400 


R. D. Rounsevel. 

150 

$2 50 

Barron, Merrill & Barron 
O. G. Barron, Manager. 

150 

3.00 


$10.50 
121 to 21 


FAIRFIELD, Vt., on Vermont Division, 267 miles from Boston via St. John shury. 
Franklin Co. note!.| S. A. Soule.| 50 | $2.00 | $7 to 10 


FHANCONIA, N.H., 6 miles from Littleton, with which there is daily communica 
tion by stage, and 4 miles from Bethlehem. See special article. 


Forest Hills Hotel. 

Goodnow House. 

Lafayette House. 

Edson House. 

Mountain View House. 

Echo Farm House. 

Mount Jackson House. 

Brooks Farm House. 

SunsetHillH’se (seeLisbon) 

House of Seven Gables. 

Mount Carmon House...... 

Bald Mountain House. 

Phillips House.. 

Elmwood House.. .. 

Grand View House. 

Prospect Farm. 


Priest & Dudley. 

E. H. Goodnow & Co... 
Richardson Brothers... 

Charles Knapp. 

Mrs. Horace Knight.... 

Jason Comey.... 

Alvin Grimes. 

Mrs. Horace Brooks_ 


F. V. D. Garretson. 

W. H. Brooks. 

James Quimby. 

W. B. Phillips. 

S. D. Morgan. 

II. R. Priest. 

Geo. H. Kendall. 


150 

$3.00 


275 

2.50 

$8 to 12 

75 


7 to 10 

35 

2.00 

7 to 10 

40 

1.50 

7 to 10 

25 


7 to 9 

40 

• • • • • • • 

5 to 8 

20 



40 



50 


7 to 10 

20 


25 

1.00 

5 to 7 

75 

2.00 

7 to 10 

50 

2.00 

7 to 10 

15 

1.00 

6.00 

20 


5.00 



FRANCONIA NOTCH. 






























































































143 


Name of House. 

Proprietors. 

Accom¬ 

modate. 

Price 
per day 

Price 
per week. 

FRANCONIA NOTCH. 

Profile House. 

"Flump TTrrnsp, . 

See special article. 

Taft & Greenleaf. 

Taft & Greenleaf. 

Elliot Bros., Managers.. 

600 

1 

$4.50 

$21 to 28 

11 



0. ou 

lO 11 5 


FRANKLIN, N.H., 94 miles from Boston, on Northern Division. 


Webster Douse. 

Franklin House. 

Mountain View House*, 
Highland Farm Housef. 
Farm House*. 


Mrs. O. B. Davis 

A. K. Morse. 

D. C. Clough.... 
A. M. Osgood... 
J. B. Calef. 


*P. O., Sanhornton. 


40 


$5 to 14 

20 


44 to 7 

25 

$1.00 


25 



8 


5 to 7 


fP. O., Franklin Falls. 


FRANKLIN FALLS, N.H., 3 mile from Franklin station. 


Young’s Hotel. 

Winnipesaukee House 


Robert Young.... 

..1 50 | . 

L. P. Kennedy. 

.. 1 30 | . 


$9 to 14 
10.00 


GEORGE’S MILLS, N.H., near Sunapee station on Claremont Branch. 


Pleasant Home.| Martin & Chase. 25 

Farm House...j E. P. Stickney. 10 


$5 to 8 


GILMANTON, N.H., a pleasant town, with many attractions for the seeker 
after a quiet and healthful place of summer abode, 10 miles from Tilton. Frequent 
communication by stage from that point. 


Springside House 
Oakland House.. 
Prospect House. 
Boarding House. 
<< << 

(i ft 

if ft 

(( CC 

a ft 

ft ft 

GREENFIELD, 

Mayfield House.. 
Boarding House. 
Farm House. ... 
Echo Farm. 


R.H. Jones. 

J. H. Drew. 

J. K. Hancock. 

Betsey W. Moody. 

John C. Baker. 

R. J. Varney. 


L. H. Mudgett- 

Mrs. E. Holbrook. 
Orrin Folsom.... 
Albert Wight. 


N.H., on Manchester & Keene Fra eh, 

J. Emerson. 

II. H. Duncklee. 

F. C. Fletcher. 

Mrs. Wm. Banfill.... 


15 


$5 to 7 

8 


5.00 

40 

$1.50 

7 to 10 

30 

........ 

5.00 

8 


4 to 6 

15 

... ..... 

5.00 

6 


5.00 

6 


5.00 

8 

.... , . 

5 to 7 

15 


5 to 7 

ch, 06 miles from 

Boston. 

100 

$2 to 21 

$8 to 15 

50 

25 

2.00 

8 to 12 

8 


5 to 6 


Several families take hoarders. 


GREENSBORO’, Vt., on Vermont Division, 217 miles from Boston, via St. Johns- 
bury. 


Lake View House. 

Greensboro’ Bend House.. 

Caspian Lake House. 

Boarding House... 

<1 << . 

(< <i . 

ft ft 


Chas. L. Conant 
J. W. Denning. 

S. Hill. 

W. W. Goss.... 

C. L. Baker. 

N. Kenniston... 
A. Goodrich- 


15 


$5 to 7 

12 

$1.25 

5 00 

10 

1.00 

5.00 

8 


6.00 

6 


6.00 

15 


6.00 

4 


. 6.00 


GROVETON JUNCTION, N.H., the point of junction of the White Mountains 
Division and the Grand Trunk Railway, 220 miles from Boston. 

Melcher House.| E. M. Tibbetts.| 40 | $1.50 | $10^ to 15 


GUILDHALL, Vt., on the Vermont side of the Connecticut River. Its station is 
Northumberland Falls, 216 miles from Boston. 

Essex Hotel.| C. E. Hartshorn.| 40 |.| $5 to 8 


HANCOCK, N.H., on Manchester & Keene Branch, 75 miles from Boston. 


Forrest House. 

Hancock House.... 
Prospect House.... 
Stoddard Box Hotel 
Farm House. 

ft ft 

ft ft 

(( « . 

<( it 


James Woodard... 

J. F. Eaton. 

S. F. Fogg. 

Goodwin & Taylor 
A. 3. Wood &Co.. 

John Duncan. 

C. H. Duncan 

Otis Tuttle. 

J. B. Knight. 


50 

$lito2 

$6 to 12 

60 

l.i to 2 

6 to 12 

200 

2 to 3 

12 to 18 

CO 

1.00 

5 to 7 

20 

1.00 

6 to 12 

20 


6 to 10 

20 

• ••••• • 

6 to 10 

15 


6 to 10 

8 


6.00 






















































































































































144 


Price Price 

per day. per week. 


Name of House. 


Proprietors. 


Accom¬ 

modate. 


HARDWICK, Vt., on Vermont Division, 224 miles from Boston, via St. Johnsbury. 

Centennial House. 

Maple Park House. 

Lake View House. 

Foster’s House. 


G. B. Kent. 

20 

$1.50 

$8.00 

A. R. Pike. 

25 

1.00 

5.00 

A. H. Holt. 

40 


4 to 7 

S. Foster. 

20 



HARRISVILLE, N.H., on Manchester & Keene Branch, 82 miles from Boston. 


Nebonset House. 
Boarding House. 
Farm House.... 


C. A. Blake. 

Geo. Davis. 

Winslow Royce. 
G. Tarbox. 


25 

40 

10 

10 


$1.50 

1.00 


$6 to 8 
4 to 6 
6 to 10 
6 to 10 


Exchange Hotel. 
Boarding House. 


HAVERHILL, N.H., a charming town on the White Mountains Division, 160 miles 
from Boston. 

Scott Fellows. 40 $7 to 10 

Bu rrage Clifford. 8 

F. P. Currier. 12 

Mrs. L. A. Paige. 12 

George H. Stevens.. 12 

Mrs. A. O. Messer. 10 

Perley Ayer. 10 

J. V. Webster. 5 

N. H. Batchelder...-- 10 

James Woodward. 

G. L. Wilson. 

Lyman Buck. 6 

Mrs. John Merrill. 12 

A. M. Howland.. 20 


HENNIKER, N.H., 95 miles from Boston, on Claremont Branch. 


Noyes House. 
Boarding House. 

<< «i 


Burgess & Ham. 
D. W. Coggswell. 
John C. Ray. 


50 

12 

12 


6 to 8 


to 7 


HILLSBORO’, N.H., 82 miles from Boston, via Hancock Junction. 


Valley Hotel. 
Grove Cottage*. 


C. G. Putney. 50 .| $7 to 10 

J. M. Wilkins. 12 ........ | 5.00 

*P. O., Hillsboro Centre. 

HOLDERNESS, N.H., midway between Centre Harbor and Plymouth, and 4 miles 
from Ashland, the nearest railroad point on the White Mountains Division. 

Asquam House. 

Asquam Cottage. 

Camp Chocurua. 

(“for boys only”) 

Squam Mt. House*. 

Lake Shore Cottage. 

Lake Farm House. 

Boarding House... 

* Post Office, Meredith Village. 

HYDE PARK, Vt., on Vermont Division, 242 miles from Boston via St. Johnsbury. 


Leon H. Cilley. 

J. H. Morse. 

75 

16 

$3.00 

$12 to 17 j 
7.00 

E. B. Balch. 

30 


I. H. Smith. 

30 


6.00 

7.00 

G. W. Mooney. 

12 

1.00 

C. L. True. 

10 

1.00 

6 to 9 

II. II. Piper. 

12 

1.00 

7.00 


American House. 
Elms House. 


C. F. Randall. 
V.D. Fitch. 


JEFFERSON, N.H. See special article. 


Waumbek Hotel. 

Plaisted House.. 

Starr King House. 

Maple House.. 

Stalbird House. 

Sunnyside House. 

Cold Spring House..... 
Jefferson Hill House.. 
Grand View House... 

Woodard Cottage. 

Hillside Farmhouse... 
Mount Adams House*. 

Crawford House*. 

Pliny Range House*.. 

Highland House*. 

Willow Cottage. 

Union House. 

Cloverdale Cottage.... 
Waumbek Cottage.. . 


P.0 


Waumbek Hotel Co. 

P. C. Plaisted. 

C. K. Gile. 

Mrs. M. H. Boles. 

Levi Stalbird. 

John Kenett. 

W. H. Crawford. 

E. E. Bedel & Co. 

Mrs. Benjamin Tuttle... 

Mrs. C. A. Woodard_ 

N. M. Davenport. 

W. Crawshaw. 

E. A. Crawford. 

Geo. W. Crawford & Son 
G. A.& G. L. Pottle.... 

J. A. Hicks. 

Hight Brothers. 

John Palmer. 

S. S. Hibbard. 

. address, Jefferson Highlands, 


50 

$2.00 

$5 to 10 

30 

1.50 

4 to 6 

250 

$3 to 3i 

$10^ to 21 

125 

2.50 

8 to 12 

80 



50 

2.50 

12 to 15 

25 

2.00 

6 to 10 

25 


7 to 8 

30 

1.00 

7.00 

100 

2.50 

10 to 15 

50 

2.00 

7 to 12 

20 


7$ to 8 

30 

1.50 

7.00 

60 


7 to 12 

50 


8 to 12 

30 


6 to 9 

60 


7 to 10 

10 


7.00 

30 


5 to 10 

20 


5 to 7 

25 


7 to 12 




























































































































































































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LIVERMORE FALLS, 


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14G 


Name of House. 

PROPRIETORS. 

Accom¬ 

modate. 

Price 
per day. 

Price 
per week. 

JOHNSON, Vt., on Vermont Division, 245 miles from Boston, via St. Johnsbury. 

Johnson House. 

G. II. Saxby. 

10 

$1.50 

$5 00 

Boarding House. . 

Mrs. C. Davis. 

5 

1.00 

3.50 

<< f< 

W. N. Tracy. 

5 

1.00 

3.50 

KEENE, N.H., terminus of Keene Branch, 96 miles from Boston. 


Cheshire House. 

M. J. Sherman. 

200 

$2.00 

$8 to 14 

City Hotel. 

11. S. Couillard. 

100 

2.00 

8 to 14 

Eagle Hotel. 

Wm. March . 

100 

2.00 

8 to 14 

Boarding House. 

Jerome Thomas. 

25 

1.00 

7 to 12 

U (< 

Mrs. A. J. Fay. 

25 

1.00 

6 to 8 

n a 

W. B. Reed. 

25 

1.00 

6 to 8 


LACONIA, N.H., 102 miles from Boston, on the White Mountains Division. 


Laconia House. 

Willard Hotel and Cottage.. 
Eagle Hotel. 

F. M. Beckford. 

M. H. Ferna’d & Co. 

100 

75 

80 

80 

20 

50 

30 

20 

30 

10 

20 

25 

50 

$1.50 

$7 to 10 

Buchanan & Willis. 



Vue de l’eau. 

Highland House. 

Mrs. C. C. Weeks. 

H. II. Thompson. 

2.50 

8 to 12 
7.00 

7 to 10 
7.00 

Bay View House. 

S. L. Taylor.. 


Elmwood House. 

L. E. Temple.. 


Elm Farm. 

Prescott Rmilott. 


Lake Cottage. 

C. O. Johnson. 


6 to 7 
7.00 

5 to 7 

5 to 7 

Point Pleasant. 

Mountain View House. 

L. A. Ladd. 

Orville AT. Smith. ....... 

1.00 

Maplewood Farm. 

M. W. Bennett. 

N. S. Davis. 


Davis House. 


Boarding House. 

H. Q. Dalton. 

20 



w << 

Dr. Folsom (Belmont). . 

6 



n a 

II. P. Ladd. 

15 


7.00 


LAKE VILLAGE, N.H., 104 miles from Boston, on the White Mountains Division. 
Mount Belknap House.| A. C. Evans.| 100 | $2.00 | $7 to 12 

LANCASTER, N.H. Pee special article. 


Lancaster House. 

Williams House. 

Hillside Cottage. 

Elm Cottage. 

Mount Prospect House. 

Woodbine Cottage. 

Maple G-rove Farm. 

Boarding House. 


Ned A. Lindsey & Co., 

John N. Hopkins. 

W. L. Rowell. 

B. F. Hunking. 

William II. Smith. 

William C. Spaulding.. 

G. E. Carbee. 

Mrs. W. A. Hicks. 

Edward Spaulding. 


150 

50 

40 

15 

40 

10 

15 

10 

15 


$2.50 

1.50 

$10to 17s 
7 to 10 
7j to 10^ 


• • - • • • • 

8 to 12 

7 to 10 

7 to 10 
7.00 




LEBANON, N.H., 140 miles from Boston, on Northern Division. 


Chiron Springs House 

Sayre’s Hotel. 

Mountain View. 


II. Buck. 

50 

$1.00 

Frank Sayre. 

75 

2.00 

A. P. Howe. 

15 

1.00 


$6 to 10 
6 to 10 
5 to 8 


LEXINGTON, Mass., 11 miles from Boston 

Russell House. 

Massachusetts House.... 

Monument House.. 


J. F. Russell. 

75 

$2 to 3 

D. W. Muzzcy. 

60 

2 to 3 

Morrow Brothers. 

25 

2.00 


A number of private families take summer boarders. 


$10 to 18 
10 to 18 
8.00 


LISBON, N.H., a picturesque village on the banks of the Ammonoosuc River. 
Sugar Hill is the name of an elevated section of the town lying near Franconia. The 
Sunset Hill House (post-office address, Sugar Hill, N.H.) is there situated, and 
visitors are met at the Lisbon station with carriages. 


Sunset Hill Hous.f. 

Sugar Hill Housef. 

Dearborn House*_,. 

Elm House*. 

Brigham’s Hotel*. 

Hillside Home*. 

Elm Cottagef. 

Mapleside Housef. 

Cedar Cottagef. 

Grand View Housef. 

Breezy Hill House*.. 

* P. O. address, Lisbon. 


Bowles & Hoskins. 

Hiram Noyes. 

250 

30 

$3.00 

$8 to 17^ 

James Glynn. 

25 

1.50 

6 to io 

E. W. Bartlett. 

30 

• ••«•■ 

6 to 10 

S. II. Brigham. 

50 

2.00 

7 to 14 

Edwin Knight. 

30 

1.00 

7.00 

L. & S. Bowles. 

30 

1.00 

7.00 

Lyman Aldrich. 

25 


5 to 7 
5.00 
7.00 

Nathan Whipple. 

20 


Geo. Aldrich & Co. 

25 

1.00 

Charles Jesscman. 

100 

3.00 

8 to 20 

f P. O. address, Sugar Hill. 







































































































































































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Name of House. 

Proprietors. 

1 Accom- 

| modate. 

Price 

per day. 

Price 

per week. 


LITTLETON, N.H. See special article. 


Thayer’s Hotel. 

Oak Hill House. 

Littleton House. 

Mountain Home House 

Echo Cottage. 

Elm Cottage. 

Wheeler Hill House... 

The Maples. 

Sunny side House. 

Chiswick Inn. 

Boarding House. 

it a 

it it 

it it 

a a 


II. L. Thayer & Son. . .. 

Farr & Jarvis. 

II. W. Bishop. 

E. D. Sawyer. 

George Abbott. 

F. II. Glover... 

G. & E. O. Wheeler. 

Mrs. M. L. Gould. 

Aaron Fisher. 

A. W. Weeks. 

Alexander McIntyre.... 

Mrs. A. M. Cobb. 

C. D. Tarbell. 

Mrs. J. Hosmer. 

A. R. Burton. 


100 

$3.00 

$10 to 17^ 

150 

3.00 

9 to 15 

40 

2.00 

7 to 10 

35 


7 to 10 

12 


5 to 7 

20 

1.0) 

7.00 

30 

1.50 

6 to 7 

10 



14 


5 to 6 

50 

3.00 

12 to 15 

16 



10 


5 to 7 

10 



10 



15 




LONG ISLAND, in the northern part of Lake Winnipesaukee, about midway 
between Wolfeboro and Centre Harbor. A bridge connects the island with Moulton- 
boro’ Neck, and the steamers also have a landing-place. Direct connection is made 


Island Home... 

Long Island House. 
Tip Top House. 


T.evi Blake... 

50 


G. K. Brown. 

40 

$2.00 

M. D. Wentworth. 

8 



$7 to 12 


LUNENBURG, Vt., reached by stage (distance 1 mile) from South Lancaster 
station on the White Mountains Division; or from Lunenburg station on the 
Vermont Division. 


Height’s House. 

Maple Grove House 


W. A. White 
S. Powers... 
S. T.Hale... 
Levi Barnard 


45 

10 

10 

10 



$7 to 12 

7 to 12 





MAQUAM BAY, Vt., on eastern shore of Lake Champlain, and western terminus 
of the Vermont Division. 

Hotel Champlain.|.I 90 | $2.00 | $7 to 14 


MARLBORO’, N.H., on Iveene Branch, 69 miles from Boston. 

Converse House.| Col. C. Converse. 40 | $1.50 

Boarding House.| Henry Ward. 20 | 1.00 


$6 to 8 
6 to 8 


MELVIN VILLAGE, N.H., on the northern shore of Lake Winnipesaukee, about 
midway between Wolfeboro’ and Centre Harbor. 


Bald Peak House. 

Jacob Ilodgdon. 

14 

$1.00 

Farm House. 

Munroe Smith. 

10 

1.00 

it it 

D. D. Wingate. 

10 

1.00 

a a 

Geo. W. Gilman. 

10 

1.00 

Lake View House. 

Elder T. W. Piper. 

6 

1.00 

Lake-Side Cottage. 

C. H. Shepherd. 

8 

1.00 


$6.00 
6.00 
7.00 
5 to 6 
6.00 
6.00 


MEREDITH VILLAGE, N.H., situated at the head of one of the arms of Lake 
Winnipesaukee. 


Prospect House. 
Highland House 

Elm House. 

Lake House. 


H. W. Lincoln.. 
Moses C. Pease. 
H. H. Piper 
A. J. Watson... 


60 


$6 to 7 

15 


5.00 

25 

$1.50 

7 to 10 

25 

1.50 

5 to 6 


MILFORD, N.H., on Keene Branch, 51 miles from Boston. 


Union House.... 
Endicott House. 
Farm House. 


F. A. Newell. 

C. A. Wood. 

Mrs. L. S. Bullard. 
E. P. Hutchinson.. 
E. R. Cutts. 


50 

$2.00 

20 


10 


20 


10 



$5 to 7 
5 to 7 
5 to 6 
5 to 6 
4 to 5 


MILFORD SPRINGS, N.H. See Amherst, N.H. 


MONTPELIER, Vt., on 
Wells River. 

Pavilion House. 

American House. 

Montpelier House. 

Union House. 


M. & W. River Railroad, 

G. I. Waterhouse. 

Irish & Sparrow. 

Irish & Sparrow. 

Geo. Wheeler. 


207 miles from Boston via 


150 

$3.00 

$8 to 14 

150 

1.50 

4 to 10 

100 

1.50 

7 to 10 

80 

1.50 

4 to 7 




















































































































































148 


Name of House. 


Proprietors. 


Accom- Price Price 

modate. per day, per week. 


MORRISVILLE, Vt., on Vermont Division, 238 miles from Boston via St. Johns- 
bury. 


Morrisville House.... 

Vermont House. 

Mt. Mansfield House* 
Elmore Pond Housef 


A. B. Pike. 

40 

$1.50 

$5 to 7 

A. G. West. 

40 

1.00 

7.00 


500 



Geo. Fenn. 

25 




*Located in Stowe, 8 miles by stage. j4§ miles by stage. 

MOULTONBORO’, N.H., 5 miles by stage from Centre Harbor. 

The Hall, (OssipeeMt.Park) | B.F. Shaw, (Low’l, Mass.) | 30 | $2 to 3 |$12tol5 

Boarding Houses from $5.00 to $7.00 per week: James C. Pitman, 15; Joel F. Cot¬ 
ton, 6; A. P. Jaclard, 8; Norman Clement, 6. 


MT. VERNON, N.H., 4 miles from Milford Station, on Keene Branch. 


Bellevue House . 

Conant. Hall ... 

G-. E. Boutelle . 

W. H. Conant . 

60 

60 


Campbell House . 

Clarke Campbell . 

50 

• • • • • 

Hillshoro* House. 

Ira Hill . 

50 


Deanery ... 

G. E. Dean . 

40 


Home Cottage . 

Mrs. F. E. Starrett . 

3) 


Farm House . 

D. H. Smith . 

20 


if if 

C. F. Stinson .. 

10 


if ft 

Mrs. J. A. Holt . 

8 


a a 

S. G. Clement . 

10 


a a 

D. P. Kendall . 

12 


a a 

W". H. Marble. .. 

6 


it a 

J. T. McCollom . 

8 



MT. WASHINGTON, N.H. See special article. 

Mt. Washington Sum’t H’se I Barron, Merrill & Barron 

j O. G. Barron, Manager. 

NASHUA, N.H., on Main Line, 40 miles from Boston. 


200 


$7 to 12 
7 to 12 
7 to 12 
7 to 10 
5 to 8 
5 to 8 
5 to 8 
5 to 7 
5 to 7 
5 to 7 
5 to 7 
5 to 7 
5 to 7 


Laton House... 
Tremont House 
Jackson House, 
Willard’s Hotel. 


Ira Gustine ... 
R. K. Sherman 
C. J. Spring... 
E. C. Amey... 


75 

75 

25 

25 


NEWFOUND LAKE, N.H., 5 miles from Bristol, N.H. 
Lake View.| Graham & Tesdale.| 75 


$ 2.00 . 

2.00 . 

1.50 $7.00 

1.50 7.00 


$1.50 | $7 to 10 


NEW LONDON, N.H., 3,000 feet above the sea level, is 8 miles by stage from 
Potter Place station, on Northern Division. 


Heidleburg House.| Burpee & Whipple.| 60 |.| $6 to 8 

Boarding Houses are kept by the following parties : Mrs. G. M. Knight, Mrs. N. 
C. Todd, Mrs. P. Smith, Mrs. A. F. Messer, Mrs. J. D. Prescott, H. H. Cur¬ 
rier, Mrs. G. P. Shoals, Mrs. G-. Williams, Mrs. C. D. Sargent, Mrs. Maria 
Messer, Mrs. E. P. Burpee, and D. S. Seamans. 


NEWPORT, N.H., 118 miles from Boston, via Concord. 


Newport House . 

Phoenix Hotel . 

E. L. Putney . 

M. L. Knowlton . 

100 

35 


Farm House. 

S. N. Moody . 

8 


ti if 

,T. R. Slone . 

10 


a a 

S. A. Higbee . 

10 


(< n 

Rial TTnrd.. .. 

8 


a a 

Airs. R. F Harvey . 

8 


a if 

Mrs. S. M. Gee. /.. 

8 



$7 to 12 
4 to 6 

4 to 6 

5 to 10 
5 to 10 
5 to 10 
5 to 10 
5 to 10 


NORTH BRANCH, N.H., 4 miles from Antrim station. Stage. 

Windsor Mountain House.. | A. B. Crombie.| 65 | 

Boarding House*.| Chas. H. Griffin.| 12 I .... 

*P. O., Antrim. 


| $5 to 7 


NORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass., on main line, 29 miles from Boston. 


Adams House.| C. F. Burnham.| 30 | $2.00 | $5 to 7 

Village House.| G. L. Hubbard.| 20 | 2.00 | 5 to 7 


NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H., on the White Mountains Division. 


Eagle Hotel.... 
Quiet House.... 
Boarding House 

(I << 


C. P. Metcalf. 

30 

$2.00 

T. B. Jackson. 

8 


Samuel Woodbury. 

6 


G-.A. Carr. 

4 



$8 to 12 
5 to 6 

5 to 6 

6 to 8 







































































































































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150 


Name of House. 


Proprietors . 


Accom¬ 

modate. 


Price Price 

per day. per week. 


NORTH STRATFORD, N.PI., reached via White Mountains Division to Grove- 
ton Junction, and thence over Graud Trunk Railway. 


Willard House... 
Union House.... 
Percy House.... 
Boarding House 

Elm Cottage. 

Baldwin Cottage. 


Moses Tibbetts 
H. B. Hinman. 


Mrs. J. B. Thompson... 

E. Finnegan. 

Mrs. A. S. Thompson... 


50 

50 

$ 2.00 

$10 to 14 

25 

2.00 

7 to 10 

15 


6 to 8 

20 ' 

1.00 

6 to 8 

8 


4 to 6 


NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. See article on Pemigcwasset Valley. 


Russell House... 

Parker House. 

Mountain View House. 

Dearborn House. 

Fair View House. 

East Branch House. 

River View House. 

Elm House. 


G. F. Russell- 

Curtis L. Parker 

S. S. Sharon. 

E. L. Dearborn.. 
A. W. Sawyer... 
Drury P. Pollard 

E. A. Sawyer- 

R. J. Darling.... 
James Darling... 
J. W. E. Tuttle.. 


CO 


$ 5 to 8 

20 


6 to 10 

45 


6 to 8 

35 

$1.50 

7 to 10 

60 


7 to 10 

25 

1.00 

7.00 

20 


5 to 7 

10 


6 to 7 

10 



15 




PETERBORO’, N.H., 119 miles from Boston, on rcterboro’ Branch. 


Tucker’s Hotel. 

Saunders’. 

Tucker & Son. 

George H. Saunders... 

75 

20 


Maple Grove Farm. 

A . O. Smith. 

15 


Boarding House. 

Mrs. M. Nay.... 

10 



$7 to 14 
5 to 8 
to 7 
5 to 7 


PLYMOUTH, N.H. See special article. 

Pemigewasset House. B. W. Angell, Manager. 

Little’s Hotel. G. W. Little. 

. H. S. Chase. 


300 

50 

20 


$3.00 $10 to 21 

2.00 10.00 
.. 6 to 10 


POTTER PLACE, N.H., 106 miles from Boston, on Northern Division. 


Hotel Potter. 

Winslow House. 


A. J. George. 


RUMNEY, N.H., on the White Mountains Division. 


Daisy Cottage*.. 
Stinson House... 
Boarding House. 


R. B. Clark. 

G. C. Jones. 

J. W. Wallace. 

T. G. Stevens. 

Mrs. J. L. Spalding. 
George P. French.. 

C. R. Emerton. 

Mrs. J. Hardy. 

D. E. Slater. 


*P. O. Address, Quincy, N.H. 


20 

100 


$6 to 10 

12 


$ 6.00 

30 

$ 1.00 

7.00 

8 


8 


5 00 

10 



12 


5 to 7 

8 


5 to 7 

6 


5 to 7 

20 


5 to 7 


ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., on Vermont Division, 189 miles from Boston. 


St. Johnsbury House....... 

A. G. Tolman. 

100 

$2 to 3 

$10 to 14 

Avenue House. 

B. G. Howe. 

80 

2.00 

5 to 10 

Cottage House. 

R. B. Flint. 

50 

1.00 

4 to 6 


SALISBURY CENTRE, N.H., 5 miles by stage from North Boscawen, on 
Northern Division. 

Elm House.| F. P. Drew.| 15 |.| $ 4.00 


SANDWICH (CENTRE), N.H., 9 miles by stage from Centre Harbor. 

Maple House.| Ezra Gould.|.|.J $7 to 10 

Boarding Houses from $5.00 to $7.09 per week: John A. Marston, 20 ; Henry F. 
Dorr, 10; Samuel H. Burleigh, 15; Albert Fogg, 15; Ruth Claffey, 12. 


SANDWICH (NORTH), N.H., 13 miles by stage from Centre Harbor. 
Boarding Houses from $5.00 to $7.00 per week : Wm. McCrillis, 20 ; Noah S. Wat- 
son, 12; Samuel D. Wiggin, 15; Oliver M. Ambruse, 12. 


SHELDON, Vt., on Vermont Division, 272 miles from Boston, via St. Johnsbury. 


Portland House. 

A. C. Marvin. 

50 

Congress Hall. 

Miss E. Fitch. 

125 

SOUTH LYNDEBORO’, 

N-H., on. Keene Branch, 60 miles fr 

Pine Grove House. 

J. n. Tarbell. 

25 

Farm House. 

D. P. Har'shorn. 

12 

Mountain Side House. 

L. P. Spa Iding. 

10 

Farm House. 

J. C. Od &y . 

8 


$2.00 

2.50 


$1.00 

1.00 


$7 to 10 
7 to 12 


$5 to 6 
5 to 6 

4 to 5 

5 to 6 
































































































































































151 


Name of House. 


Proprietors. 


Accom- Price Price 

modate. per day. per week. 


SOUTH MERRIMACK, N.H., on Keene Branch, 45 miles from Boston. 
Franklin Farm House.| D. Q-. Marsh.| 50 |.| $6 to 9 

SUGAR HILL, N.H. See Lisbon, N.H. 


SUNAPEE LAKE, N.H., (Newbury, N.H.) 109 miles from Boston via Concord. 


Runals House. 

Lake View House.. 
Blodgett’s Landing* 
Liberty Island 
Sunapee House 

Davis House. 

Maplewood House 
Farm House. 


J. M. Runals. 

M. P. Courser.... 
Geo. W. Blodgett 
E. B. Croddock... 


J. F. Davis. 

Geo. Dodge. 

J. Y. Gardner- 

G. E. Alexander. 

S. W. Abbott. 

Geo. W. Gardner 

N. P. Baker. 

A. A. Durgin.... 


100 

125 

100 


30 

30 

£0 

8 

8 

6 

6 

12 

12 



$7 to 10 

7 to 15 




















• .. 

. 


P. O., Sunapee. 


* P. O., Newbury. 


THORNTON, N.H., on the Pemigewasset Valley Branch. 

Merrill House.| William Merrill.| 30 |.| $5 to 8 


TILTON, N.H., on the White Mountains Division. 


Dexter House. 

J. F. Bryant. 

Andrew Gilman. 

50 

20 

....- 

$7 to 14 


D. C. Clough. 

15 




TWIN MOUNTAIN STATION, N.H., on the Mount Washington Branch of 
the White Mountains Division. 


Twin Mountain House 
Pleasant View House.. 


Barron, Merrill & Barron 

300 

$4.50 

F. H. Cofran, Manager.. 

Mrs. C. H. Miles. 

25 

1.00 


$21 to 25 
6 to 8 


WARNER, N.H., 94 miles from Boston via Concord, on Claremont Branch. 


Farm House. 

Elm Cottage. 

Maple Grange Farm 

Farm House. 

Kearsarge Hotel.... 


Reuben Clough. 
C. H. Leach.... 
Geo. L. Potter.. 
M. M. Fisher... 
Pierre Dore’s... 


8 


20 


8 


15 


10 



$4 to 6 

5 to 7 
7.00 

4 to 6 

6 to 8 


WARREN, N.H. See article on Moosilauke. 




J. F. Thayer. 

75 

$3.00 

Langdon House. 

G. H. L. Head. 

25 

1.50 

Tip Top House. 

Mt. Moosilauke 

Miss S. F. Woodworth.. 

30 

3.00 

Merrill’s Mountain House... 

Amos L. Merrill. 

30 

1.50 

Riverside House. 

L. W. Prescott. 

8 



$8 to 15 
6 to 12 

14.00 

6 to 10 
6 to 8 


WASHINGTON, N.H., 12 miles from Hillsboro’ by stage. 


Lowell House. 

Griswold House. 

Washington Farm House. 
Bowman House. 


Horace P. Snow. 

40 

$1.50 

Albert T. Wright. 

30 

1.00 

H. B. Millen. 

30 

1.00 

H. M. Bowman... 

20 

1.00 


$5 to 7 
4 to 7 

4 to 7 

5 to 7 


WATERVILLE, N.H., 10 miles by stage from Campton Village station, on the 
Pemigewasset Valley Branch. 

Greeley House*.| Silas B. Elliott.....| 75 | $2.00 I $8 to 10 

* P. O. address, Campton Village. 


WEIRS STATION, N.H. 

Hotel Weirs. 

Lakeside House. 

Winnecoette House. 

Maple Cottage. 

Endicott House. 


Winnipesaukee House 


See special article on Lake 

D. B. Story. 

G. W. Weeks. 

I. W. & J. W. Doolittle 

Mrs. E. L. b rue. 

S. C. Moore. 

Heath & Brown. 

H. W. Gordon. 


Winnipesaukee. 


250 

$3.00 

$9 to 21 

200 

3.00 

14 to 21 

60 

3.00 

9 to 15 

25 

1.50 

6 to 8 

21 


5 to 7 

50 


5 to 6 

50 




















































































































































152 


Name of House. 


Proprietors. 


Accom¬ 

modate. 


Price 
per day. 


Price 

per week. 


WEST ANDOVER, N.H., 107 miles from Boston, on Northern Division. 

Farm House.| Mrs. II. N. Burt.| 15 j.| $4 to 6 


WEST CAMPTON, N.H., reached from Campton Village station, on the Pem- 
igewasset Valley Branch. 

T. J. Sanborn & Son — 

B. B. Southmayd. 

C. J. Avery.. 


Sanborn’s Hotel. 
Boarding Uouse. 


10 

10 

20 


$1.50 


$7 to 10 
5 to 7 
7 to 10 


W"EST CONCORD, Vt., on the Vermont Division, 197 miles from Boston via 
St. Johnsbury. 

J. C. Spencer. 

W. H. Darling. 


Wcst Concord House. 
Maple Grove House.. 


10 

1 $1.00 

$6.00 

10 

J 1.00 

6.00 


WEST HOPKINTON, N.H., on the Peterboro’ Branch, 90 miles from Boston, via 
Concord. 


Boarding House. 

II II 

Geo. H. Hammond. 

John Straw. 

6 

10 


If If 

Henry Dustin*. 

12 



u to 5 
5 to 7 
5 to 7 


*P. O., Contoocookville. 

WEST LEBANON, N.H., 144 miles from Boston, on Northern Division. 
West Lebanon House.| E. G. Southworth.| 75 |.| $4 to 7 


WEST STEWARTSTOWN, N.H., 21 miles from North Stratford 


Stewartstown House. 


W. W. Lindsey. 

Mrs. Geo. Chamberlain. 

E. W. Brigham. 

Joseph Tibbets. 

J. H. O. Parker. 

Stephen W. Carlton.... 

T. H. Mayo. 

Iliram Blanchard. 

C. S. Dalton. 

John P. Blodgett. 


m North 

Stratford. 

25 

$1.50 

8 


6 


6 


6 


6 


3 


6 


4 


5 



$7 to 10 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 


WEST THORNTON, N.H., on the Pemigewaeset Valley Branch. 


Valley House... 
Burleigh House. 


A. H. Kendall. 
John Burleigh. 


WHITEFIELD, N.H. See article on Jefferson. 


Mountain View House. 

Cherry Mountain House.., 

Mossy Brook House.. 

Kimball Hill House. 

Prospect Cottage. 

Fiske House.. 

Boarding House.. 


Wm. F. Dodge & Sons. 

Mrs. J. S. Fiske. 

Ira M. Aldrich. 

II. J. Bowles. 

James A. Goodwin.... 

Mrs. H. W. Fiske. 

Mrs. Kate L. Eastman. 


12 

10 


100 

30 

40 

25 

25 

25 

15 


is made with the Central Vermont and Passumpsic Railroads. 
Junction House...| V. N. Spalding.| 200 


WILTON, N.H., on Keene Branch, 55 miles from Boston. 

Everett House. 

Grove House. 

Pine Cliff House. 

Summit Cliff House. 

Boarding House. 

II << 

II If 


Hillsboro’ House.. 
Abbot Hill House. 
Boarding House... 

II II 

Sunset Bank. 


A. J. Smith. 

Levi Putnam. 

E. P. Hutchinson. 
Chas. Moore. 

C. Wilson. 

G. M. Boynton.... 
Harvey Barnes... 

D. Russell. 

J. W. Stiles. 

A. D. Abbott. 

E. C. Curtis. 

Rodney Pei ham.. 
R. M. Moore. 


50 

12 

12 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

10 

6 

6 

12 

8 


$1.00 

$5 to 7 

$2.00 

$7 to 12 

1.50 

7 to 10 


6 to 7 


4 to 6 

1.50 

7 to 10 


5 to 8 

where connection 

$2.00 

| $10 to 10 

$1.50 

$7.00 

1.00 

5.00 

1.00 

5.00 

1.00 

5.00 


5.00 


1.00 

1,00 


5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5 to 7 
7.00 


WOLCOTT, Vt., on the Vermont Division, 230 miles from Boston, via St. Johnsbury. 
Wolcott House.| Geo. Clark.| 25 | $1.25 | $6.00 


















































































































































153 


Name of House. 


Proprietors. 


Accom- Price Price 

modate. per day. per week. 


WOLFEBORO’, N.H., on the eastern shore of Lake Winnipesaukee, sixteen miles 
from The Weirs. The trip across the lake is in itself very charming, and the situa¬ 
tion of the town upon the slopes near the lake is very picturesque. The numerous 
hotels and hoarding houses never lack patrons. The views in this vicinity include 
lake and mountain scenery in most enchanting variety; and the visitor may indulge 
in mountain climbing by ascending Cropple Crown, which has an elevation of 2,100 
feet, or Tumble Down Dick, a lesser yet sightly elevation. Both are near the town, 
and easily accessible. Boating forms a favorite amusement with summer visitors. 


Pavilion 
Glendon House... 

Lake House. 

Bellevue House... 

Glen Cottage. 

Grove House. 

Fair View House.. 
Garland House.... 

Blake House. 

Edgerly Farm. 

Goodwin House... 
Pebble Cottage.... 
Lake View House 
Meader Retreat... 
Randall House.... 

Boarding House . 
a a 

a a 

a u 

a a 


Lucas & Chase. 

Daniel Horn. 

Levi Horn. 

James Lovering... 
S. N. Furber, Jr... 
Sidney Garland.... 
Curtis L. Edgerly.. 
John A. Edgerly... 

Alfred Brown. 

W. B. Fullerton... 

C. W. Gilman. 

S. A. Meader. 

W. B. Randall. 

Mrs. W. D. Hersey 

S. W. Fay. 

Jonas W. Piper.... 

Chas. 8. Paris. 

John L. Meader... 


250 

150 





100 



40 

50 

$1.50 

$10 00 

7 to 10 
6.00 

15 


15 


6 to 10 

5 to 6 

20 

23 

25 

30 



1.00 

5 to 7 

5 to 8 

5 to 7 

5 to 8 

15 


20 


22 

40 



6 to 10 

15 

25 

20 

20 

40 


5 to 6 



6 to 8 





WOODSVILLE, N.H., 163 miles from Boston, on the White Mountains Division. 


The Brunswick Hotel 
Parker House. 


I. K. George & Co. 

75 

$2.00 

Hawkins & Nutting. 

30 

2.00 


$5 to 10 
5 to 7 
















































































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Time Schedules, 


CHAPTER XIV. 

Parlor and Sleeping-Car Lines. 


IN EFFECT JUNE 28, 1886. 


BOSTON AND WHITE MOUNTAINS. 

Boston to Weirs, Fabyan’s and Jefferson : — Parlor cars are run through 
on trains No. 75 and No. 145, leaving Boston at 9.30 a.m. and 1 p.m. 

Fabyan’s and Jefferson to Weirs and Boston: — Parlor cars are run 
through on train No. 238, leaving Fabyan’s at 9.30 a.m., and 
Jefferson at 9.10 a.m.; and from Woodside to Boston on train 
No. 318, leaving Fabyan’s at 1.25 p.m. 

Boston to Weirs and Plymouth: —Parlor cars leave Boston for Weirs, 
Plymouth, &c., at 8.30 a.m. on train No. 53, 1.00 p m. on train No. 
145, and at 3.00 p.m. on train No. 189. Returning, leave Plymouth 
at 5.30 a.m. and 8.15 a.m. ; Weirs at 6.06 a.m. and 8.54 a.m. ; arriv¬ 
ing Boston 10.08 a.m. and 1.15 p.m., respectively. 

MANN BOUDOIR CARS 

Between Boston and Fabyan’s will be run as follows : —A parlor car will 
leave Boston at 1.00 p.m. on train No. 145, arriving Fabyan’s at 
8.00 p.m. A sleeping car will leave Boston at 7.00 p.m. on train 
No. 285, arriving at Fabyan’s at 8.45 a.m. A parlor car will leave 
Fabyan’s at 9.30 a.m. on train No. 238, arriving at Boston at 5.00 
p.m. A sleeping car will leave Fabyan’s at 10.30 p.m. on train No. 
56, arriving at Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

These cars contain buffets, at which the choicest of lunches will be 
served en route , and are especially adapted to the requirements of 
luxury-loving travellers, family parties or invalids. See time-sched¬ 
ules on pp. 164-5. 


NEW YORK AND WHITE MOUNTAINS. 

FALL RIVER LINE. 

Fall River to Fabyan’s : — A through parlor car leaves Fall River 
(Wharf) at 7.30 a.m. (except Sundays) via Lowell, from which 
place it is run via Plymouth (dinner) on the White Mountains 
Express No. 75 to Fabyan’s. Passengers leaving New York by 
Fall River Line the previous day at 5.30 and 6.15 p.m. are given 
a full night’s rest, and ample time for breakfast on the steamer. 
Parlor-car seats may be secured at the Fall River Line office, 
Pier 28, North River, New York, or at clerk’s office on steamer. 

Fabyan’s to Fall River: —A through parlor car leaves Fabyan’s for 
Fall River, via Lowell, on train No. 238, at 9.30 a.m., connecting at 
Fall River (Wharf) with Fall River Line steamers, reaching New¬ 
port at 8.30 p.m. , and New York early the following morning. 
Steamer state-rooms may be secured of parlor-car conductor. See 
time-schedules on pp. 164-5. 






160 


PROVIDENCE LINE. 

Providence to Fabyan's: — A through parlor car leaves Providence at 
6.30 a.m. (except Sundays), connecting on the wharf with steamers 
of Providence Line leaving New York the previous day at 5.00 
p.m., running via Worcester (8.00 a.m.) and Nashua. From Nashua 
it is run to Plymouth on Montreal Express No. 53 (dinner). At 
Plymouth it is attached to White Mountains Express No. 75, for 
Fabyan’s. Seats may be secured at Providence Line office, Pier 33, 
North River, New York, or at clerk’s office on steamer. 

Fabyan's to Providence: — A through parlor car leaves Fabyan’s at 9.30 
a.m. (except Sundays) on train No. 238, for Providence, via Nashua 
and Worcester, connecting at Providence (Wharf) with Providence 
Line steamers, arriving in New York early next morning. State¬ 
rooms on steamer may be secured of parlor-car conductor. See 
time-schedules on pp. 164-5. 

CONNECTICUT RIVER LINE. 

New York to Fabyan's: — A through train with parlor cars leaves Grand 
Central Depot, New York, at 9.15 a.m. (Sundays excepted), running 
via New Haven, Hartford, Springfield and Wells River, arriving at 
Fabyan’s at 8.00 p.m. the same day. 

Fabyan's to New York :—The return train with parlor cars leaves Fa¬ 
byan’s over above route (Sundays excepted) at 9.15 a.m., arriving 
in New York at 9.00 p.m. the same day. See time-schedule, p. 169. 


BOSTON AND MONTREAL. 

CENTRAL VERMONT LINE. 

(Via White River June, and St, Albans.) 

Boston to Montreal: — Pullman parlor cars leave Boston (except Sun¬ 
days) on trains No. 53 and No. 145 at 8.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. Pull¬ 
man sleeping cars leave Boston at 7.00 p.m. (except Sundays) on 
train No. 285. 

Montreal to Boston : — Pullman parlor cars leave Montreal at 8.30 a.m. 
(except Sundays) on train No. 294. Pullman sleeping cars leave 
Montreal at 8.30 p.m. (except Sundays) on train No. 56. See time- 
schedules on pp. 166-7. 

MONTREAL AND BOSTON AIR LINE. 

(Via Plymouth, Weirs and Lake Memphremagog.) 

Boston to Montreal: — Parlor cars leave Boston at 8.30 a.m. (except Sun¬ 
days) on train No. 53. Pullman sleeping cars leave Boston at 7.00 
p.m. (except Sundays) on train No. 285. 

Montreal to Boston: — Parlor cars leave Montreal at 9.00 a.m. (except 
Sundays) on train No. 318. Pullman sleeping cars leave Montreal 
at 7.45 p.m. (except Sundays) on train No. 56. See time-schedule 
on p. 168. 





Stage Lines and tMr Connections, 


Stages connect with trains at the following stations : 

Amherst, N.H.— For Amherst Village and Ponemah Hotel on arrival 
of 7.30 a.m., 3.00 and 5.00 p.m. trains from Boston. 

Antrim, N.H.—For North Branch on arrival of train leaving Boston 
at 7.30 a.m. 

Bristol, N.H.—For Groton, Hebron, East Hebron and Bridgewater 
on arrival of train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m., and for New Hamp¬ 
ton and Alexandria on arrival of train leaving Boston at 1.00 p.m. 

Bradford, N.H.—For' New London, South Sutton, North Sutton, 
Sutton Mills, South Newbury and Bradford Springs on arrival 
of train leaving Boston at 1.00 p.m. 

Boscawen, N.H.—For Webster on arrival of train leaving Boston at 
8.30 a.m. 

Canaan, N.H.—For Factory Village and Canaan Street, daily, and for 
Dorchester, North Dorchester and West Rumney, Tuesdays and 
Saturdays, on arrival of train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

Cami ton Village, N.H.—For Waterville and West Campton on ar¬ 
rival of train leaving Boston at 9.30 a.m. 

Canterbury, N.H. — For Canterbury P.O. and Shaker Village on 
arrival of train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

Centre Harbor, N.H. — For Ossipee Mountain Park, Moultonbbro’, 
Sandwich, Tamworth and West Ossipee on arrival of steamer 
“Lady of the Lake,” connecting from train leaving Boston at 
8.30 a.m. 

Claremont Junction, N.H.—For West Claremont, Ascutneyville and 
Weathersfield on arrival of train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

Concord, N.H.—For St. Paul’s School, Hopkinton Village, Loudon 
Village and Loudon Ridge on arrival of train leaving Boston at 
1.00 p.m. 

Contoocook, N.H. —For Davisville on arrival of train leaving Boston 
at 1.00 p.m. 

East Fairfield, Vt. —For Bakersfield, 8.15 a.m., 4.30 and 8.20 p.m. ; 
for St. Albans, 8.00 a.m. 

East Hardwick, Vt. —For North Walden on arrival of train leaving 
Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

Enfield, N.H.—For Enfield Centre on arrival of train leaving Boston 
at 8.30 a.m. 

Fletcher, Vt. —For Fletcher Centre, North Cambridge and Fairfax 
at 11.30 a.m. 

Greenfield, N.H.—For Francestown on arrival of trains leaving 
Boston at 7.30 a.m., and 3.00 p.m. 

Greensboro’, Vt. —For East Greensboro’, North Greensboro’, Greens¬ 
boro P.O., E. Craftsbury, Craftsbury, No. Craftsbury and Stannard 
on arrival train (via St. Johnsbury) leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m.. 

Hancock, N.H.—For South Stoddard, Stoddard, Marlow, East Al- 
stead, Alstead and East Lempster on arrival of train leaving Boston 
at 7.30 a.m. 

Hardwick, Vt.—F or Hardwick Village and Plainfield at 6.20 a.m. 

Harrisville, N.H.—For Nelson and Munsonville on arrival of train 
leaving Boston at 7.30 a.m., and for Dublin on arrival of trains 
leaving Boston at 7.30 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. 

Hillsboro’, N.H.—For Washington, Upper and Lower Hillsboro’, 
East Washington and Hillsboro’ Centre on arrival of train leaving 
Boston at 1.00 p.m. ; for Deering and East Deering on arrival of 
train leaving Boston at 7.30 a.m. 



162 


Hyde Park, Vt. —For North Hyde Park, Eden and Lowell at 7.00 a.m. 

Jefferson, N.H.—For Jefferson Highlands and Jefferson Hill on ar¬ 
rival of trains leaving Boston at 9.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. 

Keene, N.H.—For Marlow and Surrey at 1.00 p.m.; for Chesterfield 
and Richmond at 2.00 p.m. 

Laconia, N.H. — For Gilford Village on arrival of train leaving Boston 
at 8.30 a.m. 

Lebanon, N.H. — For Etna, East Plainfield, Meriden, Cornish, Hanover 
Centre and Claremont, daily, and for Grantham, North Grantham 
and Montcalm, Tuesdays and Saturdays, on arrival of train leaving 
Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

Lisbon, N.H.—For Sugar Hill, * Sunset Hill, *Breezy Hill, Lyman and 
Landaff on arrival of train leaving Boston at 9.30 a.m. 

Littleton, N.H.—For Profile House, Franconia, Bethlehem and 
Waterford on arrival of train leaving Boston at 9.30 a.m. 

Milford, N.H.—For Mount Vernon and North Lyndeboro’ on arrival 
of trains leaving Boston at 7.30 a.m., 3.00 and 5.00 p.m. 

Morrisville, Vt. —For Stowe and Mt. Mansfield at 12.30 p.m. 

Newport, N.H. —-For Croydon Flat, Croydon, Grantham, Unitoga, 
East Unity, Lempster Street, East Ackworth and South Ackworth 
at 5.30 p.m. ; for Goshen, Mill Village, Goshen Corner and Wash¬ 
ington at 3.00 p.m. 

North Woodstock, N.H.—For Flume House and Profile House on 
arrival of train leaving Concord at 6.55 a.m., and trains leaving 
Boston at 9.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. 

North Boscawen, N.H.—For Salisbury, Salisbury Centre and West 
Salisbury on arrival of train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

Plymouth, N.H.—For West Plymouth, on arrival of train leaving 
Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

Potter Place, N.H.—For New London, Wilmot Flat and Scytheville 
on arrival of train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. ; and for Summit 
Kearsarge Mountain (Winslow House) from all clay trains. 

Rumney, N.H.—For Rumney Village and North Groton on arrival of 
train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

Sunapee, N.H. — For Sunapee Village on arrival of trains leaving 
Boston at 8.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m., and from the Village to Georges’ 
Mills, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 6.00 p.m. 

Tilton, N.H.—For Belmont and Gilmanton on arrival of trains leav¬ 
ing Boston at 8.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. ; and for New Hampton and 
Sanbornton on arrival of train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

Warren, N.H.—For Mount Moosilauke, Merrill Mountain House and 
Breezy Point House on arrival of train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

Walden, Vt. —For Cabot, Walden P.O. and South Walden on arrival 
of train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

West Andoyer, N.H.—"For Wilmot, East Springfield, Springfield and 
West Springfield on arrival of train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

West Danville, Vt. —For East Cabot, South Cabot and Marshfield, 
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 8.20 a.m. 

Wilton, N.H.—For Greenville, on arrival of train leaving Boston at 
3.00 p.m. 

Woodsville, N.H. —For Swiftwater, Benton, Whitcherville and Wild¬ 
wood after arrival of train leaving Boston at 8.30 a.m. 

Wolcott, Vt. —For North Wolcott and North Craftsbury, Mondays, 
Wednesdays and Fridays, at 9.00 a.m. ; for East Elmore, Tuesdays, 
Thursdays and Saturdays, at 6.30 p.m. 

* Runs if notice is given in advance. 




163 


MONTREAL AN D PORTLAND LINE. 

VIA THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND THE CRAWFORD NOTCH. 

Through Schedule. / n Effect June 28, 1886. 


MONTREAL TO PORTLAND. 


a 
o 
• 1 1 

• r -« 

STATIONS. 

A.M. 

, , , , 

Lv. Montreal, So. Ea. Ry. 

9.00 

7 

“ St. Lambert, “ . 

9.25 

21 

“ Chambly, “ . 

9.45 

26 

“ Marie ville, “ . 

9.55 

40 

** Farnham, “ . 

10.25 

53 

“ Cowansville, “ . 

10.48 

74 

“ Richford, “ . 

11.26 

90 

“ No. Troy, “ . 

12.01 

103 

Ar. Newport, “ .* 

12.35 

.... 

Lv. Newport, Pass. R.R. 

1.03 

118 

“ Barton, “ . 

1 2 ^ 

139 

“ Lyndonville, “ . 

2.10 

147 

Ar. St. Johnsbury, “ . 

2.20 

« t • • 

Lv. Maquam, B. & L. R.R. 

9.40 

2 

“ Swanton, “ . 

10.00 

16 

“ Sheldon, “ . 

10.33 

34 

“ Cambridge Jc., “ . 

11.25 

47 

“ Hyde Park, “ . 

12.00 

50 

“ Morrisville, “ . 

12.18 

98 

Ar. St. Johnsbury, “ . 

2.20 

147 

Lv. St. Johnsbury, “ . 

2.30 

151 

" E. St. Johnsbury, . 

2.39 

155 

" West Concord, “ . 

2.47 

169 

“ Lunenburg, . 

3.24 

172 

“ Scott’s, “ . 

3.30 

175 

“ Whitefield. “ . 

3.36 

185 

Ar. Jefferson, W. & J. R.R. 

4.40 

180 

“ Wing Road, B. & L. R.R. 

3.50 

184 

“ Bethlehem Jet., “ .... 

3.59 

186 

“ Maplewood, P. & F. N. R.R. 

4.16 

187 

“ Bethlehem, “ 

4.21 

194 

“ Profile House “ 

4.40 

184 

“ Twin Mountain, B. & L. R.R. 

4.10 

193 

“ Fabyan’s, 

4.20 

• • • • 

Lv. Fabyan’s, P. & O. R.R. 

4.30 

195 

Ar. Mt. Pleasant, “ . 

4.35 

202 

“ Mt. Washington, Mt. W. Ry. 

6.30 

199 

“ Crawford’s, P.&O. R.R. 

4.37 

214 

“ Bartlett, “ . 

5.20 

219 

“ Glen Station, “ . 

5.30 

224 

“ Intervale, “ . 

5.40 

225 

“ No. Conway, “ . 

5.45 

236 

“ Fryeburg, “ . 

6.10 

284 

“ Transfer Station, “ . 

7.40 

285 

Ar. Portland, “ . 

7.45 

P.M. 


PORTLAND TO MONTREAL,. 


STATIONS. 


Lv. 


Whitefield, B. &a L. R.R.. 
Scott’s, 

Lunenburg, 

Ar. St. Johnsbury, 


Ar. 


Portland, P. & O. R.R. 

Transfer Station, 

Fryeburg, 

No. Conway, 

Intervale, 

Glen Station, 

Bartlett, 

Crawford’s, 

Mt. Pleasant, 

Fabyan’s, 


Lv. Mt. Washington, Mt. W. Ry.. 


Fabyan’s, B. & L. R.R..., 
Twin Mountain, “ .... 


“ Profile House, “ .... 

“ Bethlehem, P. & F. N. R.R 
“ Maplewood, “ 


Bethlehem Jet., “ 

Wing Road, B. <fe L. R.R. 


Jefferson, W. &a J. R.R.... 


Lv. St. Johnsbury, 
Ar. Morrisville, 

‘ Hyde Park, 

' Cambridge Jet., 
1 Sheldon, 

1 Swanton, 

: Maquam, 


Lv. 


Ar. 

Lv. 

i i 


Ar. 

Lv. 

Ar. 

11 
Ar. 


St. Johnsbury, Pass. R.R. 
Lyndonville, “ 

Barton, “ 

Newport, “ 

Newport, So. Ea. Ry. 

No. Troy, 

Richford, 

Cowansville, 

Farnham, 

Farnham,IT 
Marie ville, 

Chambly, 

St. Lambert, 

Montreal, 


A.M. 


8.35 

8.40 

10.32 

10.55 

11.00 

11.10 

11.30 

12.10 

12.20 

12.22 


7.00 


1.10 

1.20 


11.25 

1.15 

1.20 


1.31 

1.40 


1.05 


1.52 

2.00 

2.06 

3.03 


3.18 

5.17 

5.35 

6.08 

6.58 

7.30 

7.40 


3.15 

3.30 
4.13 

4.40 
4.45 

5.15 
5.50 

6.30 
6.55 

7.15 
7.36 
7.47 
8.10 

8.40 

P.M. 


* Dinner at Memphremagog House. 


IT Supper. 


f Dinner at Fabyan House. 




















































































































164 

BOSTON TO WINNIPESAUKEE AND 

THROUGH SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT 


WHITE MOUNTAINS. 

JUNE 28, 1886. 


Miles. 

STATIONS. 

No. 51 

Local. 





A.M. 

• • • • 

Lv. 

Boston.B. & L. 

R.R. 

. 


66 


( 6 


• • • • 

<6 

Lawrence (via Lowell) “ 

66 



66 

Lowell. 44 

66 


40 

66 

Nashua Junction... “ 

66 


57 

<6 

Manchester.Concord 

R.R. 

. 

75 

Ar 


( 6 


• • • • 

Lv. 

Concord.B. & L. 

R.R. 

6.55 

84 

66 

Canterbury. “ 

66 

7.14 

88 

66 

Northfield. “ 

66 

7.22 

93 

66 

Tilton. “ 

6 6 

7.32 

97 

66 

East Tilton. “ 

6 6 

7.39 

102 

66 

Laconia. “ 

6 6 

7.49 

104 

66 

Lake Village. “ 

6 6 

7.54 

109 

66 

Weirs. “ 

66 

8.03 

1X9 

Ax. 



125 

66 

Wnlfhnrn’__ “ 

10.10 





113 

Lv. 

Meredith.B. & L. 

R.R. 

8.10 

121 

66 

Ashland... “ 

66 

8.28 

126 

Ar. 

Plymouth. “ 

66 

8.38 

• • • • 

Lv. 

Plymouth.B. & L. 

R.R. 

8.50 

128 

Ar. 

Livermore Falls.... “ 

66 

8.55 

130 

<< 


66 

9.05 

134 

66 

Campton Village... “ 

66 

9.14 

135 

66 

Thorn ton. 4 4 

66 

9.22 

140 

66 

West Thornton .... “ 

66 

9.38 

143 

66 

"Woods took:. 4 4 

66 

9.49 

147 

66 

North Woodstock.. “ 

66 

10.00 

154 

66 


11.45 

159 

Ar. 

Profile House. 

66 

12.45 

126 

Lv. 

Plymouth. B. <& L. 

R.R. 

8.48 

131 

Ar. 

Quincy. “ 

66 

8.59 

134 

66 

Rumney. “ 

66 

9.04 

137 

66 

West Rumney. “ 

66 

9.11 

142 

66 

Wentworth. “ 

66 

9.20 

146 

66 

Warren. “ 

66 

9.28 

155 

66 

East Haverhill. “ 

66 

9.48 

160 

66 

Haverhill. “ 

6 6 

9.58 

163 

66 

North Haverhill.... “ 

66 

10.05 

.... 

66 

White Mt. Transfer “ 

66 


168 

66 

Woodsville. “ 

66 

10.15 

.... 

Lv. 

Woods ville. “ 

66 

10.40 

173 

Ar. 

Bath. “ 

66 

10.57 

178 

66 

Lisbon. “ 

66 

11.10 

184 

66 

North Lisbon. “ 

66 

11.23 

189 

66 

Littleton. “ 

« 

11.35 

195 

66 

Wing Road. “ 

it 

11.50 

199 

Ar. 

Bethlehem June.... “ 

a 

12.04 

201 

Ar. 

Maplewood.P. & F. N. 

R.R. 

12.15 

202 

66 

Bethlehem. “ “ 

66 

12.20 

209 

66 

Profile House ... “ “ 

66 

2.18 

203 

Ar. 

Twin Mt. House_B. & L. 

R.R. 

12.15 

207 

66 

White Mt. House... “ 

66 

12.23 

208 

66 

Fabyan’s.“ 

66 

12.25 

209 

66 

Mt. Pleasant House “ 

66 

12.35 

213 

66 

Crawford House.. .P. & O. 

R.R. 

• ••••• 

217 

Ar. 

Summit Mt. Wash...Mt. W. Ry 


195 

Lv. 

Wing Road.B. & L. 

R.R. 

11.55 

200 

Ar. 

Whitefield. “ 

66 

12.08 

210 

66 

Jefferson.W. & J. R.R. 

12.30 

202 

66 

Scott’s.B. & L 

R.R. 

12.14 

204 

66 

Dalton. “ 

66 

12.18 

206 

66 

South Lancaster... “ 

66 

12.23 

211 

66 

Lancaster. “ 

66 

12.35 

217 

66 

Guildhall. “ 

66 


221 

Ar. 

Groveton.. 44 

6 6 






P. M. 


Mail. 


A.M. 

7.30 


8.30 

9.00 

9.48 


11.27 

11.43 

11.50 

12.00 


12.08 

12.28 

12.40 


5 40 
5.45 
6.05 

~£L38 

5.48 

5.50 

5.55 

6.00 


No. 53 No. 75 

Mont’l 
Exp. 


1.50 


2.16 


12.25 


12.36 


1.05 


1.15 1.35 5.17 


No.145 
Mt. 
Exp 


3.50 


5.50 


2.50 


*6.42 

3.15 6.53 

3.37 
3.50 
4.04 

4.16 
4.21 
4.40 

4.16 7.48 


7.50 

7.55 

8.13 


No.189 
Local. 


P.M. 


7.27 

7.36 

8.00 

7.42 

7.46 

7.50 

8.00 


P.M. 


No.285 
Mont'l 
Exp. 


11.36 


£ 1.20 



* Stops on signal to take, or on notice to Conductor, to leave passengers. 
















































































































































































































































165 

WHITE MOUNTAINS AND WINNIPESAUKEE 

__ THROUGH SCH EDULE, IN EFFECT JUNE 28, 


TO BOSTON. 

1886. 


STATIONS. 


Lv. Summit Mt. Washington, Mt.W.Ry 

“ Crawford House.P. & O. R.R. 

“ Mt. Pleasant House.. .B. & L. R.R. 

** Fabyan’s. “ “ 

“ White Mt. House. “ “ 

“ Twin Mountain. “ “ 


Lv. 

66 

64 

Profile House. 

Bethlehem. 

Maplewood. 

P.&F. N 

44 

44 

. R.R. 

46 

46 

Lv. 

Bethlehem Junction. 

..B. & L 

R.R. 

Ar. 

Wing Road. 

44 

46 

Lv. 

Groveton . 


. R R. 

a 

Guildhall. 

44 

i ( 

u 

Lancaster. 

44 

f < 

<< 

South Lancaster .... 

44 

66 

<( 

Dalton. 

44 

46 

<1 

Scott’s. 

44 

6 f 

tt 

Jefferson. 

.W. &. J. R.R. 

a 

Whitefield. 

• B. &. L 

R.R. 

Ar. 

Wing Road. 

44 

44 

Lv. 

Wing Road. 


R.R. 

<< 

Littleton. 

44 

6 6 

<< 

North Lisbon. 

64 

4 6 

<< 

Lisbon. 

44 

66 

<( 

Bath. 

44 

44 

Ar. 

Woodsville. 

44 

44 

Lv 

Woodsville. 

44 

66 

<< 

White Mt. Transfer . 

44 

66 

a 

North Haverhiil. 

44 

66 

<< 

Haverhill. 

44 

64 

n 

East Haverhill. 

44 

46 

«< 

Warren. 

44 

66 

a 

Wentworth. 

*4 

66 

46 

West Rumney. 

44 

64 

46 

Rumney. 

44 

66 

44 

Quincy. 

64 

66 

Ar. 

Plymouth. 

46 

64 

Lv. 

Profile House. 


44 

Flume House. 


66 

44 

North Woodstock... 


R.R. 

44 

Woodstock. 

46 

6 6 

44 

West Thornton. 

66 

66 

44 

Thornton. 

44 

66 

44 

Campton Village.... 

64 

46 

44 

Blairs. 

46 

46 

(( 

Livermore Falls. 

44 

64 

Ar. 

Plymouth. 

4 6 

64 

Lv. 

Plymouth. 


R.R. 

44 

Ashland. 

44 

44 

Lv. 

Meredith. 

46 

6 6 

Lv. 

Wolfboro’. 


44 

Centre Harbor. 


64 

Lv. 

Weirs . . 


R.R. 

44 

Lake Village. 

64 

64 

44 

Laconia. 

66 

44 

44 

East Tilton. 

66 

66 

44 

Tilton. 

64 

46 

44 

Northfield.. 

64 

44 

44 

Canterbury . 

66 

46 

Ar. 

Concord . 

64 

46 

44 

Manchester . 

.Concord R.R. 

44 

Nashua Junction. . . . 

46 

44 

44 

Lowell. 

. .B. & L 

R.R. 

44 

Lawrence, (via Lowell) “ 

66 

44 

Salem. 

66 

6 t 

Ar. 

Boston. 

46 

66 


No. 94 

Local. 

No.162 

Local. 

No.270 
Mail. 

A.M. 

A.M. 

A.M. 

. 

. 

7.48 

7.53 


6.30 

5.40 

5.54 


1.45 

1.54 

1.57 


2.15 


5.16 

5.26 

5.30 

* 

6.47 


6.02 
6.15 
6.20 
6.33 
6.42 
6.54 
7.02 
7.22 
8.14 
8.50 
9.18 
10.35 
12.00 
10.08 
A.M. 

* Stops on signal to take, or on notice to Conductor, to leave passengers 


6.30 



6.35 

6.46 

6.57 

7.13 

7.20 

7.32 

7.39 

7.48 


8.15 

8.28 

8.45 


6.00 

7.35 


8.54 

9.10 

9.14 
9.25 
9.33 
9.43 
9.50 

10.10 

11.00 

11.37 

12.17 

2.15 


1.15 

P.M. 



7.25 

7.36 

7.41 

7.46 

7.25 

7.52 

8.05 


8.30 

8.47 

9.02 

9.18 

9.34 

9.50 

10.35 

10.38 

10.47 

10.57 

11.08 

11.32 

11.42 

11.54 

12.02 

12.07 

12.20 


1.10 

1.23 

1.44 


10.20 

12.50 


1.54 
2.05 
2.09 
2.21 
2.29 
2 40 
2.48 
3.10 
4.22 
5.00 
5.34 
6.31 
7.05 
6.25 
P.M. 


No.238 
Exp. 


A.M. 

7.00 

8.20 

9.25 

9.30 


9.40 



7.50 

8.00 

9.10 


9.31 

9.10 

9.37 

9.50 


10.08 

10.22 


10.45 


11.11 
11*30 
12.00 


12.35 


9.15 

10.00 

11.10 

11.20 

11.27 

11.38 

11.42 

11.50 

11.54 

12.05 


1.05 


10.20 

12.50 


2.48 

3.21 

3.50 

4.15 

5.24 

5.20 

6.00 

P.M. 


No.318 
Exp 


P.M. 


12.10 
1.20 
1.25 
*1.27 
1.33 


11.25 

1.15 

1.20 


1.42 

1.50 


1 .OO 
* 1.12 
1.16 
1.21 
1.05 
1.27 
1.39 


1.50 

2.02 

* 2.12 

2.24 

2.35 

2.45 

3.10 


*3.26 


3.54 
* 


4.30 


1.00 

2.50 

3.30 

3.40 

3.47 

3.58 

4.02 

4.10 

4.14 

4.20 


4.40 

*4.51 

*5.08 


3.05 


6.25 

6.59 

7.29 

7.52 


8.35 

P.M. 


No. 60 
Local. 


P.M 

2.00 

3.25 

3.40 

4.35 

*4.36 

4.45 


3.20 

4.37 

4.42 


4.55 

5.10 



P.M. 


P.M. 


No. 66 
Night 
Exp. 

P.M. 


7.25 

10.25 

10.30 

* 

10.40 


6.45 

7.05 

7.10 


10.51 

11.00 


11.CO 
11.13 


11.37 

* 

12.00 


2.15 

2.23 

2.33 

2.53 

3.02 

3.12 

3.19 


3.35 


3.35 

3.47 

4.04 


4.13 

4.23 

4.29 
4.39 
4.46 
4.57 
5.04 
5.25 

6.30 
7.00 
7.35 

10.35 

8.45 

8.30 
A.M. 





























































































































































































































































166 


CENTRAL VERMONT LINE. 

Boston to White River Junction and Montreal. 

THROUGH SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT JUNE 28, 1886. 


Miles. 

STATIONS. 

No. 53. 
Day Exp. 

No. 145. 
Past Ex. 

No. 189. 
Local. 



A.M. 

P.M. 

P. M. 


Lv. Boston, B t Rr. T. 'R.'R. 

8 30 

1 OO 

3.00 


“ Salem, <f ... 

7.50 

12 40 


“ Lawrence, via Lowell, B. & L. R.R . 

8 15 

12.05 

3.15 

26 

“ Lowell, “ . 

9.20 

1.48 

3.53 

40 

“ Nashua Junction, Concord R.R. 

9.45 

2.13 

4.20 

57 

“ Manchester, “ . 

10.19 

2.43 

5.02 

75 

Ar. Concord, “ .. 

10.50 

3.12 

5.42 


Lv. Concord, B. & L. R.R . 

10 55 

3 16 

6 45 

82 

Ar. Penacook, “ . 

11.07 

3.28 

5.58 

84 

“ Boscawen, “ . . . 

1112 


6 04 

88 

“ No. Boscawen, “ .... 

11 20 


6 13 

94 

“ Franklin, “ . 

11.31 

3.49 

6.35 

lOl 

“ Hill, “ . 

12.00 

4.08 


107 

“ Bristol, “ . 

12.20 

4.22 


lOO 

“ East Andover, “ . 

11.46 

7 OO 

102 

“ Andover, “ . 

11.51 


7 07 

106 

“ Potter Place, “ . 

12.01 


7 19 

107 

“ West Andover, “ . 

12.05 


7 24 

HO 

“ So. Danbury, “ . 

12.11 


7.33 

113 

“ Danbury, “ . 

12.20 


7 44 

119 

“ Grafton, “ . 

12.31 


7 59 

120 

“ Grafton Centre,“ . 

12.35 


8 03 

127 

“ Canaan. “ . 

12.48 


8 30 

1 31 

“ West Canaan. “ . 

12.57 


8 38 

133 

“ Enfield, ' “ . 

1.03 


8 45 

136 

“ East Lebanon, “ . 

1.08 


8.50 

140 

“ Lebanon, “ . 

1.18 

5.05 

8.59 

144 

e< West Lebanon,“ . 

1.28 


9 08 

145 

Ar. White River Junction, B. & L. R.R. 

1.30 

5.15 

9.10 

145 

Lv. White River Junction, Pass. R.R. 

1.50 

5.25 

P. M. 

149 

Ar. Norwich, “ . 

2.00 

5 40 


160 

“ Thetford, “ . 

2.27 

6 20 


164 

“ Ely, “ . 

2.40 

6 35 


167 

“ Fairlee, “ 

2.48 

6 50 


173 

“ Bradford, “ . 

3.05 

7.15 


180 

“ Newbury, “ 

3.26 

7.40 


185 

Ar. Wells River, “ 

3.38 

8.00 


145 

Lv. White River Junction, C. Vt. R.R . . 

1.50 

5.25 


164 

Ar. So. Royalton, “ . 

2.30 



171 

“ Bethel, “ . 

2.47 



178 

“ Randolph, “ ....... 

3.00 

6.19 


192 

“ Roxburv. “ . 

3.30 



199 

“ Northfield, “ 

3.45 

6 45 


209 

“ Montpelier, “ 

4.13 

7 


218 

“ Waterbury, “ 

4 25 

7 SO 


241 

“ Essex Junction, “ . 

5.10 

8 08 


249 

es Burlington, “ 

5.45 

8 40 


265 

“ St. Albans, “ 

6.10 

8.50 


274 

“ Swanton, “ 

7.30 


281 

“ Alburgh Springs, “ . 

7.40 



289 

“ Rouses Point, “ . 

8.00 



278 

“ Highgate Springs, “ 

6.50 



290 

“ Stanbridge, “ 

7.14 



308 

“ St. Johns, “ 

7.50 

1 o 9,0 


335 

“ Montreal, G. T. Ry. 

8.45 

1 1 9,0 




p.m. 

P.M. 



No. 285. 

Night 

Express. 


P.M. 

7.00 

5.50 

6.40 
7.48 
8.20 
8.54 

9.25 
9.30 
9.44 

9.50 
*9.58 
10.11 


10.26 

* 

10.43 

* 

* 

11 .oc 

* 

* 

11.38 

* 

11.56 

* 

12.12 

12.23 

12.25 


12.35 

12.43 


1.30 


1.50 


12.40 

1.20 

1.35 

1.50 

2.27 
2.46 
3.23 

3.40 

4.40 
5.10 

5.40 

6.28 
6.43 
7.05 

6.25 
6.48 
7.20 

8.25 
A. M. 


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CENTRAL VERMONT LINE. 

Montreal and White River Junction to Boston. 

THROUGH SCHEDULE, IN EFFECT JUNE 28, 1886. 


STATIONS. 


Lv. Montreal, G. T. Ry. 

“ St. Johns, C. Vt. R.R.. 

“ Stanbridge, “ . 

“ Highgate Springs, C. Vt. R.R. 

“ Rouses Point, “ . 

“ Alburgh Springs, “ ..... 

“ Swanton, “ . 

“ St. Albans, “ . 

“ Burlington, “ . 

“ Essex Junction, “ . 

“ Waterbury, “ . 

“ Montpelier, “ . 

“ Northfleld, “ . 

“ Roxbury, “ . 

“ Randolph, “ . 

“ Bethel, “ . 

“ So. Royalton, “ . 

Ar. White River Junction, “ . 

Lv. Wells River, Pass. R.R. 

“ Newbury, “ . 

“ Bradford, “ .. 

“ Fairlee, “ . 

“ Ely, 

“ Thetford, “ 

“ Norwich, “ 

Ar. White River Jet. “ .. 

Lv. White River Junction, B. & L. R.R. 


<< 

West Lebanon, 

£4 

a 

Lebanon, 

£ £ 

a 

East Lebanon, 

£ £ 

<4 

Enfield, 

£ £ 

44 

West Canaan, 

£ £ 

(4 

Canaan, 

£4 

(4 

Grafton Centre, 

£ £ 

44 

Grafton, 

£ £ 

(4 

Danbury, 

44 

44 

South Danbury, 

£ 4 

44 

West Andover, 

£ £ 

44 

Potter Place, 

4 4 

44 

Andover, 

44 

44 

East Andover, 

44 

44 

Bristol, 

44 

44 

Hill, 

£ £ 

44 

Franklin, 

£ £ 

44 

No. Boscawen, 

£ £ 

44 

Boscawen, 

£ £ 

44 

Penacook, 

£ £ 

Ar, 

. Concord, 

£4 


Lv.Concord, C. R.R.. 

Ar. Manchester, “ . 

“ Nashua Junction, B. & L. R.R 
“ Lowell, “ 

“ Lawrence, via Lowell, “ 

“ Salem, 

“ Boston, 


No. 162. 
Local. 


7.00 

7.05 

7.20 

7.35 

7.45 

7.55 

8.15 
8.27 
8.30 
8.39 

8.45 
8.51 

8.55 
9.02 
9.08 
8.30 

8.50 
9.24 

9.35 
9.43 

9.51 
10.05 
10.20 
11.00 
11.45 
12.17 

2.15 

5.20 

1.15 
P.M. 


No. 272. 
Mail. 

No. 270. 
Day Exp. 

No. 56. 
Night 
Express. 

A.M. 

A.M. 

P.M. 


8 30 

8 30 


Q 30 

9 25 


lO 04 

* 


* 

* 


lO 05 

Ft 9,0 


lO 22 

Ft 40 


lO 35 

3 58 

7.00 

11.00 

11.00 

7.25 

11.10 

11.00 

7.55 

11.40 

11.43 

8.40 

12.23 

* 

9.05 

12.25 

12.40 

9.35 

1.00 

* 

9.55 


* 

10.25 

1.40 

2.00 

10.40 

1.57 

* 

10.55 

2.10 

* 

11.35 

2.45 

3.15 

10.20 


1.55 

10.36 



10.55 


2.25 

11.09 



11 17 



11.30 



11 56 



12.05 


3.15 

12.20 

3.00 

3.25 

12.22 


3.27 

12.33 

3.10 

3.37 

12.43 


*3.47 

12.50 

3.21 

3.53 

12.57 


*3.59 

1.11 

3.34 

4.10 

1.25 


*4.21 

1.30 


*4.25 

1.41 


*4.34 

1.49 


*4.40 

1.56 


*4.46 

2.00 

4.11 

*4.48 

2.09 


*4.54 

2.15 


*4.59 

1.53 



2.08 



2.32 

4.32 

5.12 

2.43 


*5.22 

2.52 


*5.29 

3.00 

4.51 

5.36 

3.20 

5.03 

5.50 

3.35 

5.05 

5.55 

4.22 

5.39 

6.30 

5.00 

6.08 

7.00 

5.34 

6.34 

7.35 

6.32 


10.35 

7.05 


8.45 

6.25 

7.25 

8.30 

P.M. 

P.M. 

A.M. 


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MONTREAL AND BOSTON AIR LINE, 

AND 

VERMONT DIV. B. & L. R.R. 

Through Schedule, in Effect June 28, 1886. 


BOSTON TO MONTREAL AND QUEBEC. 


n 

CD 

■rH 

STATIONS. 

No. 

53. 

No. 

285. 




A.M. 

1\ M. 

.... 

Lv. 

Boston, B. <& L. L.R. 

8.30 

7.00 

A • • • 

<(. 

Salem, “ “ 

7.50 

5.50 

.... 

a 

Lawrence, “ “ 

8.15 

6.40 

26 

a 

Lowell, “ 

9.20 

7.48 

40 

a 

Nashua Jet, . C. R.R. 

9.46 

8.20 

57 

it 

Manchester, “ 

10.19 

8.54 

75 

Ar. 

Concord, “ 

10.50 

9.25 

• • • • 

Lv. 

Concord, B. & L. R.R. 

10.55 

9.30 

93 

a 

Tilton, “ “ 

11.27 

10.11 

102 

a 

Laconia, “ “ 

11.43 

10.30 

104 

ii 

LakeVil., “ “ 

11.50 

10.35 

109 

ii 

Weirs, “ “ 

12.00 

10.46 

112 

it 

Meredith, “ “ 

12.08 

10.55 

121 

it 

Ashland, “ “ 

12.28 

11.14 

126 

Ar. 

Plymouth,* “ “ 

12.40 

11.26 

. . . . 

Lv. 

Plymouth, “ “ 

1.05 

11.36 

133 

a 

Rumney, “ “ 


11.55 

146 

u 

Warren, “ “ 

1.50 

12.23 

160 

a 

Haverhill, “ “ 

2.16 

1.00 

168 

Ar. 

Woodsville, “ “ 

2.30 

1.20 

169 

a 

Wells River,“ “ 

2.35 

1.25 

191 

Ar. 

Marshfield, M.&W.RR 

3.40 


207 

a 

Montpelier, “ 

4.10 


169 

Lv. 

Wells River, Pass.RR 

2.35 

2.00 

179 

Ar. 

Barnet, “ 



189 

“ 

St. Johnsbury, “ 

3.12 

2.42 

223 

Ar. 

Hardwick, B. & L. RR 

4.45 


237 

ii 

Morrisville, “ 

5.17 


240 

a 

Hyde Park, “ 

5.35 


245 

a 

Johnson, “ 

5.47 


253 

u 

Cambridge Jc.,“ 

6.08 


271 

n 

Sheldon, “ 

6.58 

• ••••• 

280 

a 

Highgate, “ 

7.17 


285 

a 

Swanton, “ 

7.30 


287 

a 

Maquam, “ 

7.40 


197 

Ar. 

Lyndonville, Pass. RR 

3.32 

3.02 

218 

<< 

Barton, “ 

4.13 

3.45 

233 

ii 

Newport, “ 

4.40 

4.15 

252 

Ar. 

Ayers Flats, Pass. RR 

7.50 

7.02 

270 

ii 

Lennox ville, ‘ ‘ 

8.40 

7.42 

273 

ii 

Sherbrooke, “ 

8.50 

£7.50 

412 

it 

Quebec, 


£2.00 

233 

Lv. 

Newport, So. E. Ry 

4.45 

4.30 

264 

Ar. 

Richford, “ 

5.50 

5.40 

276 

ii 

Sutton Jet., “ 


6.02 

292 

a 

Waterloo, “ 


7.10 

318 

a 

Acton, “ 


8.35 

298 

a 

Farnham,* “ 

6.55 

6.45 

367 

a 

Sorel, “ 


11.15 

311 

a 

Marieville, “ 

7.35 

7.36 

330 

a 

St. Lambert, “ 

8.10 

7.45 

336 

Ar. 

Montreal, “ 

8.30 

8.10 




P.M. 

A.M. 


MONTREAL AND QUEBEC TO BOSTON. 


STATIONS. 

No. 

318. 

No. 

56. 



A.M. 

P.M. 

Lv. 

Montreal, So. E. Ry 

9.00 

7.45 

a 

St. Lambert, “ 

9.25 

8.10 

it 

Marieville, “ 

9.55 

8.40 

ii 

Farnham, “ 

10.25 

9.10 

ii 

Sorel, “ 

.• 

2.15 

ii 

Acton, “ 


5.35 

U 

Waterloo, “ 


7.11 

ii 

Sutton Jet., “ 


8.25 

it 

Richford, “ 

11.26 

10.20 

Ar. 

Newport,* “ 

12.35 

11.35 

Lv. 

Quebec, 


£ 11.30 

ii 

Sherbrooke, Pass. RR 

£5.30 

£ 8.35 

ii 

Lennoxville, “ 

5.37 

8.42 

it 

Ayers Flats, “ 

6.27 

9.32 

Ar. 

Newport, (i 

7.15 

10.25 

Lv. 

Newport, “ 

£1.03 

11.40 

a 

Barton, “ 

1.29 

12.10 

ii 

Lyndonville, *•' 

2.10 

12.55 

Ar. 

St. Johnsbury, “ 

2.20 

1.10 

Lv. 

Maquam, B. & L. R.R. 

9.40 

...... 

ii 

Swanton, “ 

10.00 


ii 

Highgate, “ 

10.12 


ii 

Sheldon, “ 

10.33 


ii 

Cambridge Jc. “ 

11.25 


it 

Johnson, “ 

11.47 


i i 

Hyde Park, “ 

12.00 

...... 

it 

Morrisville, “ 

12.18 


it 

Hardwick, “ 

12.52 


Ar. 

St. Johnsbury,“ 

2.20 


Lv. 

St. Johnsbury, P. Ry 

2.28 

1.15 

Ar. 

Wells River, “ 

3.03 

1.58 

Lv. 

Montpelier,M.&W.RR 

1.00 


a 

Marshfield, “ 

1.30 


Ar. 

Wells River, “ 

2.25 


Lv. 

Wells River, B.&L.RR 

3.03 

2.00 

a 

Woodsville, “ 

3.10 

2.05 

a 

Haverhill, “ 

3.26 

2.22 

a 

Warren, “ 

3.54 

2.53 

a 

Rumney, “ 


3.10 

Ar. 

Plymouth,* “ 

4.30 

3.35 

Lv. 

Plymouth, “ 

4.40 

3.35 

a 

Ashland, “ 

4.51 

3.47 

14 

Meredith, ** 

5.08 

4.04 

<( 

Weirs, “ 

5.16 

4.13 

ii 

Lake Village, “ 

5.26 

4.23 

it 

Laconia, “ 

5.30 

4.29 

tt 

Tilton, “ 

5.47 

4.46 

Ar. 

Concord, Concord R.R 

6.25 

5.25 

ii 

Manchester, “ 

6.58 

6.30 

ii 

Nashua, B. &L.R.R. 

7.29 

7.05 

a 

Lowell, “ 

7.50 

7.38 

a 

Lawrence, “ 


10.35 

a 

Salem, “ 


8.45 

Ar. 

Boston, “ 

8.35 

8.30 



P.M. 

A.M. 


* Dining Stations. 




















































































































169 

NEW YORK AND WHITE MOUNTAINS. 


CONNECTICUT RIVER LINE. 

Through Schedule. In Effect June 28 to October 2, 1886. 

New York Terminus in Grand Central Depot. 


NEW YORK TO FABYAN’S. 

FABYAN’S TO NEW YORK. 

2 ° 

ci ts 

«—« O 

STATIONS. 

A.M. 

STATIONS. 

A.M. 

.... 

Lv. NewYork, N.Y.,N,H.&H.RE 

9.15 

Lv. Crawford’s, P. <Se O. R.R. 

8.35 

56 

“ Bridgeport, " 

10.45 

“ Mt. Pleasant, B. & L. R.R. 

8.45 

73 

“ New Haven, 

11.20 

“ Fabyan’s, “ .... 

9.15 

92 

“ Meriden, 

11.48 

“ Twin Mountain Ho., “ .... 

9.25 

109 

“ Hartford, 

12.15 

“ Profile House, P. & F. N. R.R, 

9.00 

136 

Ar. Springfield, 

12.55 

“ Bethlehem, “ 

9.15 

• • • • 

Lv. Springfield, C. R. R.R. 

1.00 

“ Maplewood, “ 

9.20 

153 


1.30 

“ Bethlehem Jet., B. & L. R.R.. 

9.40 




2.20 

“ Lancaster, “ 

9.10 




186 

“ So. Vernon, N. L. N. R.R.... 

2.45 

“ Jefferson, W. & J. R.R. 

9.10 

196 

“ Brattleboro', Vt. V. R.R. 

3.05 

“ Whitefield, B. & L. R.R. 

9.37 

220 

" Bellows Falls, S. Co. R.R.. 

3.45 

“ Wing Road “ . 

9.53 


228 

“ Charlestown, “ 

3.55 


10.06 


238 

“ Claremont Jet., “ ... 

4.10 


10.28 


246 

“ Windsor, C. Vt. R.R . 

4.30 

“ Wells River, Pass. R.R. 

11.00 

260 

“ White River Jet., Pass. R.R. 

4.55 

“ White River Jet., C. Vt. R.R.. 

12.40 

300 

“ Wells River, B. & L. R.R- 

6.15 

“ Windsor, S. Co. R.R . 

1.10 

310 

“ Lisbon, “ - 

6.39 


1.25 


320 

" Littleton, “ - 

6.58 


1.45 


326 

“ Wing Road, “ .... 

7.10 

“ Bellows Falls, Vt.V. R.R . 

2.10 

331 

“ Whitefield, “ - 

7.36 

“ Brattleboro’, N. L. N. R.R.... 

3.00 

341 

“ Jefferson, ~W. &■ J. R.R . 

8.10 

“ So. Vernon, Conn. R. R.R . 

3.25 


“ Lancaster, B. & L. R.R . 

q r\r\ 


3.50 

341 



331 


7.22 

“ Northampton, “ . 

4.20 

“ Bethlehem Jet., . 

“ Maplewood, P. & F. N. R.R. 



q nr* 

4.50 

333 



334 

“ Bethlehem, “ 

8.05 

Lv. Springfield, N. Y. ,N.H.&H.R.R 

6.00 

341 

“ Profile House, 

8.20 

Ar. Hartford, 

5.40 

335 

“ Twin Mount’n Ho. ,B. &L.R.B 

7.36 

“ Meriden, 

6.00 

340 

“ Fabyan’s, 

7.50 

“ New Haven, 

6.46 

341 

“ Mt. Pleasant, P. & O. R.R. . 

8.00 

“ Bridgeport, 

7.10 

345 

i Ar. Crawford’s, 

8.20 

P.M. 

Ar. New York, 

8.45 

P.M. 


On the North-bound trip, time is given for dinner at Greenfield; and on the 
South-bound trip at White River Junction. 




































CONCORD AND CLAREMONT TIME -TABLES. June 38, 1886. 

BOSTON TO CONCORD AND CLAREMONT JUNCTION, 11 CLAREMONT JUNCTION AND CONCORD TO BOSTON. 


170 




6 oo 


6 

•z 03 

“ C3 


do 

& 05 


o CO 

!z w 
« 01 


0 ^ 

A 03 


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Niagara Palls, White Mountains 
-* & Portland tine. ► 

From JULY 5th until OCTOBER 2d, 1886, 

Trains, with Through Sleeping-Cars, will be run between 

NIAGARA FALLS and PORTLAND, Me., 

OVER THE 

ROME, WATERTOWN & OGDENSBURG R.R. 

OGDENSBURG & LAKE CHAMPLAIN R.R. 
BOSTON & LOWELL R.R. and 

PORTLAND & OGDENSBURG R.R. 

VIA 

NORWOOD, SWANTON, ST. JOHNSBDRY and FABYAN’S, 

pacing thPouglj the Wpe Mountain^ hi} dagligp 

IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. 

These trains will leave Niagara Falls for the White Mountains 
and Portland, Me., every day, except Saturday, at 8.00 p.m., and 
reach Portland at 8.00 p.m. the following day. 

RETURNING: will leave Portland at 8.35 a.m., every day, ex¬ 
cept Sunday, and reach Niagara Falls at 1.00 p.m. the following day. 

As these trains will make connections at Niagara Falls with trains 
from and to Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and all parts 
of the West, it will be found the most convenient means of transit 
for summer tourists and regular travellers to all the Mountain and 
Sea Coast Resorts of Maine, New Hampshire and Northern New 
England. 

Folders, giving complete time-tables, will be issued about June 
15th, and will be mailed free to applicants. 





173 


INDEX. 


Agassiz Basin . . 



PAGES 

52, 86 

East Andover 


PAGES 

47, 142 

Amherst .... 


42 

, 60, 137 

East Concord 


56 

Ammonoosuc River 



. 30 

East Eairfleld 


58, 141 

Andover .... 




East Hardwick . 


57, 141 

Antrim .... 




East Haverhill . 


. 53 

Arlington 



. 39 

East Highgate . 

, , 

. 58 

Ashland .... 



50, 137 

East Lebanon 


. 48 

Asquam Honse . . 



76 

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. 141 

Bath. 




East St. Johnsbury 

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. 57 

Bethlehem . . 55, 

97, 

139, 157 

East Swanton 


. 58 

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. 54 

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Belmont . 



. 139 

Eating Houses . 

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. 22 

Bennington . 



. 139 

Enfield .... 

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Benton .... 



. 139 

Fabyan’s . . . . 

54, 

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40, 41 

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58, 142 

Blairs. 



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35, 159 

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. 39 

Fletcher .... 



Boscawen 



. 46 

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. 90 

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45, 139 

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52, 92 

Bristol . 



. 47 

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95 

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28, 47 

Franconia 

95, 

142, 156 

Brunswick Springs 



107, 139 

Franconia Notch 

, , 

83, 143 

Cambridge Junction 



. 58 

Franklin .... 


47, 143 

Campton Village 



51, 140 

Franklin Falls . 

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. 143 

Cambridge 



12, 39 

George’s Mills . . 

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. 143 

Canaan .... 



48, 140 

Gilmanton 


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Canterbury . 



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Goodnow House 

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95 

Centre Harbor . 



71, 140 

Grafton .... 



Central Vt. Line 37, 

160, 

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Greenfield . . . 


43, 143 

Cherry Pond . . . 




Greensboro . 

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Cherry Mt. Slide 



. 32 

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Claremont 



45, 140 

Guildhall .... 


56, 143 

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. 140 

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43, 143 

Claremont Branch . 



24, 45 

Hardwick . . . 

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Colebrook 



107, 140 

Harrisville 

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43, 144 

Concord, Mass. . . 




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Concord, N. H. . . 


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Hazen’s Mills 


. 55 

Connecticut Lake . 



82, 141 

Henniker .... 



Connecticut River . 



. 30 

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160, 169 

Hillsboro .... 


. 144 

Contoocook . 



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Holderness . 

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Cost of Mountain Tour 


. 109 

Hotel List 

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Crawford House 



101, 141 

Howto Make Mount’n Tour 111, 115 

Crawford Notch 



. 101 

Hyde Park 



Dalton .... 




Jefferson . . 32, 55, 

105, 

144, 158 

Danbury .... 



. 141 

Johnson .... 


58, 146 

Danville .... 



57, 141 

Keene . 


44, 146 

Dimond Pond 



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Keene Branch 

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24 

Dixville Notch . 



107, 141 

Laconia • . . . 



Dublin .... 



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Lake Memphremagog 

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. 82 

Dustin, Hannah . 



. 271 

Lake View House, Sunapee 

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174 


Lake Village • . 

Lake Winnipesaukee 
Lancaster 
Lawrence . 

Lebanon . 
Lexington 
Lisbon 
Littleton . 
Livermore Falls 
Locks and Canal Co 
Long Island . 
Lowell 


Mad River 
Maplewood 

Maps. See Index of Illus 
Marlboro’ . . 

Maquam . 

Mas com a Lake . 

Medford . 

Melvin Village . 
Meredith . . . 

Merrimack River 
Middlesex 
Middlesex Canal 
Miles Pond . 

Milford . . 

Milford Springs 
Montpelier . 

Montreal Lines 


54 


54 


Moosilauke House 
Morrisville . . 

Mt. Moosilauke . 

Moultonboro’ 

Mt. Monadnock . 

Mt. Pleasant House 
Mt. Sunapee . 

Mt. Washington 
Mt. Washington Branch 
Mt. Washington Railway 
Mt. Willard 
Mt. Vernon 
Nashua 
Newbury 
Newfound Lake 
New London . 

New York Lines 

Newport . 

Niagara Falls & Portland Line 172 



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. 50, 146 
. . 69 

56, 106, 146 
. . 41 

. 48, 146 
. 39, 146 
53, 95, 146 
93, 147, 155 
51, 145 
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. 85 

55, 97 
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59, 147 

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160, 163 
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76, 148 
. 63 

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80, 148 
68, 148 
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160, 169 
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Northern Division 
North Branch 
North Chelmsford 
North Concord . 
North Haverhill 
North Lisbon 


26, 46 
. 148 

41, 148 
. 57 

53, 148 
. 54 


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North Stratford .... 107, 150 

North Woburn.15 

North Woodstock . . 51, 86, 150 

Norwich Line.36 

Official Staff B. & L. R.R. . . 4 

Old Man of the Mountains . 90 

Old Powder House .... 12 

Ossipee Mountain Park . . 74 

Parlor Car Lines . . . 159, 160 

Peterboro’ . . . .43, 62, 150 

Peterboro’ Branch . . 24, 26, 45 

Pemigewasset House . • 83, 149 

Pemigewasset Valley 30, 50, 83, 154 

Plymouth .... 50, 83, 150 

Ponemah Hotel.60 

Potter Place.47, 150 

Profile House . . . 52, 55, 88 

Profile & F. N. R.R. ... 55 

Profile House Stage Line . . 86 

Providence Line . . .36, 160 

Rumney.52, 150 

Salisbury Centre .... 150 

Salem Branch.41 

St. Johnsbury .... 57, 150 

Sandwich.150 

Scotts. 56 

Sheldon.. 58, 150 

Sinclair House . . . .99, 138 

Somerville.39 

Southern Division . . . 24, 39 

South Lancaster .... 56 

South Lyndeboro’ . . . 42, 150 

South Merrimack ... 42, 151 

Squam Lakes.76 

Stage Lines.161, 162 

Stoneham Branch ... 16, 40 

Stonington Line .... 35 

Sugar Hill.96, 151 

Summer Boarding . ... 115 

Sunapee Harbor ... 68, 79 

Sunapee Lake . . .25, 77, 151 

Sunapee Mountain House . . 66 

Sunset Hill House .... 95 

Swanton.59 

Tewksbury.41 

Thornton.51,151 

Time Schedules .... 159-172 

Tilton.49, 151 

Twin Mountain . . .54, 99, 151 

Tyngsboro’.42 

Vermont Division . . . 33,56 

Walden.57 

Warner.45, 151 

Warren.52, 151 

Washington.151 

Waterville . . ... . 151 

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Webster Lake .... 

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. 28 

White Mountains Division 

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Webster Place .... 

. 

47 

White Mountain House 

. 

54 

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, 71, 

151 

Whitefield. 

55. 152 

Wells River. 


53 

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48, 

152 

Wentworth. 

• 

52 

Winchester. 

40 

West Andover .... 

. 

152 

Wilmington. 


40 

West Campton .... 

* 

152 

Wilton. 

42, 

152 

West Concord .... 

57, 

152 

Wing Road. 

54 

West Hopkinton 


152 

Woburn. 

15 

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West Lebanon .... 

• 

152 

Wolcott . . . . 

57, 

152 

West Medford .... 

13, 40 

Wolfboro’. 

71, 

153 

West Rumney .... 

• 

52 

Woodsville. 

53, 

153 

West Stewartstown 

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152 

Woodstock. 


51 

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Adirondacks, N.Y. . 

51, 152 

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. 136 

JRS. 

East Lebanon, N.H. 

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. 118 

Acton, P.Q. 


134 

East St. Johnsbury, Yt. . 


129 

Alexandria Bay, N.Y. . 


136 

East Swanton, Yt. • 


129 

Alburgh Springs, Yt. . . 

127, 

128 

Ely, Yt. 


130 

Amherst, N.H. 


118 

Enfield, N.H. 


118 

Antrim, N.H. 


118 

Essex Junction, Yt. 


127 

Arthabaska, P.Q. 


134 

Fabyan’s, N.H. . . 119, 

122- 

-124 

Ashland, N.H. 


118 

Fairlee, Yt. 


130 

Ausable Chasm, N.Y. . . 


119 

Fairfield, Vt. 


129 

Ayer’s Flats, P.Q. . 


130 

Farnham, P.Q. 


134 

Barre, Vt. 


127 

Fletcher, Yt. 


129 

Barnet, Vt. . 


130 

Franklin, N.H. 


118 

Barton, Yt. 


130 

Glen House, N.H. . . . 

125, 

126 

Bennington, N.H. . . . 


118 

Grafton, N.H. 


118 

Bethel, Yt. 


127 

Grafton Centre, N.H. . . 


118 

Bethlehem, N.H. ... 

119, 

122 

Georgia, Yt. 


127 

Bethlehem Junction 


122 

Greenfield, N.H. ... 


118 

Bradford, N.H. 


118 

Greensboro, Yt. ... 


129 

Bradford, Yt. 


130 

Groveton Junction, N.H. . 


118 

Bristol, N.H. 


118 

Hancock, N.H. 


118 

Burlington, Yt. 


127 

Harrisville, N.H. . . . 


118 

Cambridge Junction, Yt. . 


129 

Hardwick, Vt. 


129 

Campton, N.H. (Blairs) . 


118 

Haverhill, N.H. 


118 

Campton Village, N.H. 


118 

Highgate Springs, Vt. 


127 

Canaan, N.H. . . 


118 

Highgate, Vt. 

Hillsboro’ N.H. 


129 

Centre Harbor, N.H. . 

119, 

121 


118 

Chateaugay Chasm, N.Y. . 


136 

Hyde Park, Yt. 


129 

Claremont, N.H. ... 


118 

Jefferson, N. H. 

119, 

122 

Crawford House, N.H. 

119, 

122 

Johnson, Yt. 


129 

Colebrook, N.H. ... 


135 

Keene, N.H. 


118 

Connecticut Lake, N.H. . 


135 

Laconia, N.H. 


118 

Danbury, N.H. 


118 

Lake Village, N.H. . . . 


118 

Danville, Vt. . . 


129 

Lake Megantic, P.Q. . 


135 

Dixville Notch, N.H. . 


135 

Lake Memphremagog, Yt. 

121, 

122 

Doucett’s Landing, P.Q. - 


134 

Lancaster, N.H. 


118 

East Andover, N.H. . . 


118 

Lebanon, N.H. 


118 

East Concord, Vt. . 


129 

Lenoxville, P.Q. ... 


130 

East Fairfield, Yt. • 


129 

Lisbon, N.H. 


118 

East Highgate, Yt. • 


129 

Littleton, N.H. 


118 

East Hardwick, Yt. . . 


129 

Lunenburg, Yt. . 


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Lyndonville, Yt. . . 


. 130 

St. Albans, Yt. . . . 


. 127 

Maplewood, N.H. . 


119, 122 

St. Johns, Can. . . . 



Marlboro’, N.H. 


. 118 

St. Johnsbury, Yt. . 


129, 130 

Maquam Bay, Yt. . 


. 129 

St. Leon Springs, Can. 


. 134 

Meredith, N.H. . 



Saguenay River, Can. . 


. 134 

Milford, N.H. . . . 



Sharon, Yt. . 



Milton, Yt . 



Sheldon, Yt. ... 


. 129 

Miles Pond, Yt. . . 


. 129 

Sheldon Junction, Yt. . 


. 129 

Montreal, Can. . 


130-132 

Sheldon Springs, Yt. . 


. 128 

Montpelier, Yt. . 


. 127 

Sherbrooke, P.Q. . . 



Morrisville, Yt. . . 


. 129 

Sorel, P.Q . 


. 134 

Mt. Mansfield, . 


127, 128 

South Lyndeboro’, N.H. 


. 118 

Mt. Moosilauke, N.H. . 


. 120 

South Royalton, Yt. 


. 127 

Mt. Pleasant, N.H. 


120, 124 

Stanstead, P.Q. . 


. 330 

Mt. Washing- f liq 12ft 

ton, N.H. 1 11J ’ 120 ’ 

124-126 

Stowe . 

Sunapee, N.H. . 


127, 128 

Newbury, N.H. . 



Swanton, Vt. ... 


127, 129 

Newbury, Yt. . . . 



Thetford, Vt. . . . 


. 130 

Newport, N.H. . • . 


. 118 

Tilton, N.H. 


. 118 

Newport, Yt. 


121, 122 

Twin Mt’n House, N.H. 


120, 126 

North Concord, Yt. 


. 129 

Walden, Yt. 


. 129 

North Conway, N.H. . 


120, 135 

Warren, N.H. 


. 118 

North Haverhill, N.H. 


. 118 

Warner, N.H. . . 


. 118 

North Stratford, N.H. 


. 135 

Waterbury, Yt. . 



Northfield, Yt. . . . 


. 127 

Waterloo, P.Q. . . . 



North Woodstock, N.H. 


. 118 

Weirs, N.H . 



Norwich, Yt. ... 


. 130 

Wells River, Yt. . . 


128, 130 

Ogdensburgh, N.Y. 


. 136 

West Concord, Yt. . 


. 120 

Ottawa, Can. 


. 132 

West Thornton, N.H. . 


. 118 

Peterboro, N.H. . 


. 118 

West Burke, Yt. . . 


. 130 

Plymouth, N.H. 


. 118 

Whitefield, N.H. . . 


. 118 

Potter Place, N.H. . 


. 118 

White River Junction, Yt. 

. 118 

Profile House, N.H. 


120, 126 

Wilton, N.H. . . . 


. 118 

Quebec, Can. 


132-134 

Wolfboro, N.H. . . 


120, 121 

Randolph, Yt. . 


. 127 

Wolcott, Yt. 



Richmond, Yt. . 


. 127 

Woodstock, Yt. 


. 128 

Richmond, P.Q. . 


. 134 

Woodstock, N.H. . . 


. 118 

Rouse’s Point, Yt. . 


. 127 

Woodsville, N. H. . . 



Roxbury, Yt. ... 







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